Mirchpur: Jat protest blocks road traffic
Road and rail traffic were badly affected in Jind district on Sunday as hundreds of Jat community members blocked roads and railway lines to demand a Special Investigation Team probe into 2010 Mirchpur caste violence. Most state roadways buses and other public transport remained off the road. The protesters, who have been blocking the Delhi-Ferozepur railway line near Jind railway station for the last nine days, Sunday extended their campaign to highways and other important road links. All roads leading to Bhiwani, Sonepat, Barwala and Patiala towns and the rail link between Delhi and Hisar near Mayad village remained blocked through the day.
“Most of the passenger trains were cancelled and long distance trains are running late. We have diverted the trains to alternate longer routes,” said a senior railways official. According to him, the blockade has caused Railways losses of several lakhs of rupees during the last one week. The Haryana government, which had already deployed a large contingent of state police and paramilitary forces, has sought additional 10 companies of paramilitary force from the central government.
The Jat mahapanchayat, a congregation of 42 khap panchayats, has demanded a fresh CBI probe into the Mirchpur caste violence in which an elderly dalit man and his daughter were killed. Besides, the protesters have also sought shifting of the court trial from New Delhi to Hisar and the release of arrested Jat youths.
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