The one-day bandh call on Tuesday against reservation passed of peacefully in Haryana.
After large scale violence in Haryana during April 2 ‘Bharat Bandh’, the security forces were put on alert in the state to prevent any untoward incident.
Flag marches were conducted in various sensitive areas of the state to maintain law and order situation.
There were reports of shops being forcibly shut down at few places of the state but the protest passed of peacefully in Haryana.
A day before, Additional Chief Secretary Home, SS Prasad had held a meeting with DGP BS Sandhu and senior police officers and issued directions to beef up security and prevent violence during the bandh called by some groups against caste-based reservations in jobs and education in the country.
During the April 2 ‘Bharat Bandh’, around 84 police officers, officials and eight persons from general public were injured and 24 Government and 60 private vehicles had suffered damages in Haryana. More than thousands were booked for indulging in violence, loot, attempt to murder and attacking police during April 2 protest.