NEW DELHI – India's paramilitary forces shot and killed one person on Friday as protests for government advantages turned violent in northern India, police said.
Thousands of individuals belonging to the Jat agricultural community were protesting in Rohtak and different cities in Haryana state, to demand a rise in their caste quota advantages, that embrace secure government jobs or university spots.
Police officer Saurabh Singh says up to twenty individuals were injured within the clashes in Rohtak as protesters additionally laid-off and hurled rocks at paramilitary forces. The city is seventy kilometers (45 miles) west of latest Delhi.
The injured enclosed one paramilitary soldier hit by a bullet fired by a protester, Singh said.
New Delhi newscast channel said the protesters additionally burned cars, police jeeps and trucks, blocked traffic and even attacked a state minister's home and tried to set it on fire.
State authorities asked the Indian army to deploy troopers to manage protests that have spread to Jind, Bhiwani and some different cities within the state. The protesters demand that the government raise their caste quota benefits from existing ten %.
Supplies of milk, vegetables, cooking gas and petroleum products are disrupted within the cities affected. Rail services also were disrupted in Haryana state.
India's constitution includes a system of affirmative action for individuals within the lowest castes to assist them overcome discrimination. the government has expanded the amount of teams qualifying for quotas, called reservations.
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