Chandigarh: Mobile and internet services have been blocked in Rohtak in Haryana as pro-reservation protests by Jats in the state turned violent.
Several road and rail links in the state have been jammed as a result of the protests.
On Thursday, the Jat agitation turned violent with clashes between the protesters and police personnel in Rohtak.
Police and the paramilitary troops staged a flag-march to get the town roads cleared from protesters who blocked these in support of their reservation demand.
Traders and advocates clashed outside the court premises at Rohtak during the protest,in which several vehicles were also damaged.
Advocates of the district court were protesting against non-inclusion of Jat community in the OBC category outside the court premises from where traders of the city were passing in a procession to submit a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, police said.
Police and paramilitary forces resorted to lathi-charge and teargas shells to control the situation, during which unidentified persons torched some motorcycles and pelted stones.
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