DAUSA/ JAIPUR: Tension prevailed in large parts of Rajasthan in the wake of Gujjar-Meena clashes and the ongoing agitation by Gujjars demanding ST status as the Army today conducted an aerial survey of the violence-hit districts.
For the first time since Tuesday, when the violence over the quota issue erupted, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today joined the talks with the community leaders in a bid to resolve the current crisis in the state.
While Gujjar protestors in Sanganer district set fire to a railway station, reports of stray incidents of arson were reported from some other parts of the state. Barring these, the arson-hit districts were by and large peaceful, a senior official said.
In Laalsoth in Dausa and adjoining Karauli districts, which witnessed Gujjar-Meena clashes yesterday resulting in the killing of five persons and injuries to several others, tension prevailed between the two communities as the security forces conducted flag marches.
Senior officers of the Army, which was called out following the large-scale violence by Gujjars, carried out a helicopter survey of Bharatpur, Dholpur, Alwar, Dausa, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Jaipur rural, Kota and Tonk to assess the situation and review traffic movement following the caste clashes.
At least 26 people have died in the violence, including five who were killed in Gujjar-Meena clashes yesterday.
