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Gujjar row: Shoot-at-sight orders in two Rajasthan districts 1 Jun, 2007 l 1525 hrs IST l PTI
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JAIPUR:
Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued by the Rajasthan government against
rioters in Sawai Madhopur and Bharatpur districts to control the violence by
Gujjar protestors demanding Scheduled Tribe
status.
These directives were
issued last night along with prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC will
remain in force till June six in the two districts, a senior police officer said
on Friday.
The state
government has effected the shoot-at-sight orders against rioters who indulge in
damaging government and public property and violate prohibitory orders in Sawai
Madhopur and Bharatpur districts, the officer
said.
In the violence that
began on Tuesday over the Gurjar Sangharsh Samiti's demand for shifting the
community from OBC to ST category, 20 people, including two policemen, have been
killed in police firing and
clashes.
Bharatpur
Superintendent of Police Anand Srivastava said over phone that the situation in
the district, which had witnessed largescale violence including in the
worst-affected Bayana and Roopwas areas, has been under control since last
Thursday.
Army and
para-military forces patrolled the affected areas in the district and no fresh
incident has been reported, he
said.
Sawai Madhopur Collector
Debasish Prusty said the situation in Bonli, Gangapur, Khandar (Dang area of
Chambal) was normal and was being constantly monitored with the help of the Army
and other forces.
Army
conducted flag marches in all sensitive areas of the district to maintain law
and order, he said.
Four
persons were killed in violent clashes between protestors and police in Bonli
village on Thursday.
Kota,
which had witnessed arson with protestors damaging rail tracks, also remained
incident free, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Arya said.
The Army has been deployed in
at least 12 troubled districts including Dausa, Karauli, Kota, Bundi, Sawai
Madhopur, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Jhalawar, Jaipur-Rural, Alwar, and on all national
highways, Navdeep Singh, Additional Director-General of Police, who is looking
after deployment of security forces,
said.
In addition to the Army,
about 3,500 personnel of CRPF, BSF and RAF are also patrolling these cities and
towns, Singh said.
Rail and
road services remained paralysed on the fourth day today in most parts of the
state except in Jaipur- Jodhpur and Jaipur-Bikaner
sections.
North-West Railways
has cancelled 19 trains, suspended six others and rescheduled two other trains
in view of the ongoing agitation.
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