Jat activists clash with police personnel in Jind

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, November 24

Jat activists clashed with police personnel during a protest in Jind today against the scheduled address to the public by Kurukshetra MP Rajkumar Saini on Sunday.

Reports said a number of protesters sustained injuries. There was no confirmation about anyone suffering a major injury. The protest began near Shahpur under the leadership of Jat youth leader Sandeep Bharti. Officials claimed that protesters pelted stones at police personnel. After the police resorted to a mild lathi-charge to disperse the crowd, the protesters assembled at Kandela village.

Jind DC Amit Khatri said traffic on the Kaithal-Jind road was diverted. He said the situation was tense but under control. Confirming injuries on both sides, he said there was no information of any critical injury. Saini was scheduled to address a ‘samaanta mahasammelan’ in Jind on Sunday.

Bharti led a group of protesters and demanded that the rally be cancelled.

He charged the MP with spreading communal hatred by making inflammatory and derogatory statements about Jats.

The DC said the rally had been granted all clearances by the administration. The MP had been urged to refrain from making any reference to any community or caste, he said.