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Bus set on fire in Haryana town

Hisar: A Haryana Roadways bus was on Thursday set on fire in Hansi town by a group of people from Dalit organisations protesting the killing of a youth of their community in Gohana.

“The bus was set on fire by a group of 40-50 youths who later fled from the spot,” police said, adding fire brigade doused the fire. A case had been registered by Hansi police against unknown persons.

The protestors also blocked traffic at Fountain Chowk here for about half-an-hour and raised anti-government slogans.

They burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and handed over a memorandum to Sub Divisional Magistrate demanding an immediate arrest of killers of Dalit youth, Rakesh, who was murdered in Gohana on Monday night.

Earlier, a group of Dalits assembled at Multani Chowk and marched in the city to protest the killing.

Members of the Dalit community took out a procession at Sonepat to press for their demand of arrest of the suspects in the murder case. They also demanded a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the members of the bereaved family and a government job.

The situation in Gohana, Sonepat and its nearby towns continued to remain peaceful, official sources said, adding the security forces had been patrolling Gohana town to maintain peace. -- PTI

Our Special Correspondent writes from Chandigarh:

The State Government, which had ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Gohana incident and its aftermath, appointed the Divisional Commissioner of Rohtak as the Inquiry Officer to probe the circumstances and the events subsequent to the killing of Rakesh leading to a law and order problem in the area.

The inquiry would cover the role of the police and the local administration in dealing with the situation.

The Divisional Commissioner has been asked to submit his report within 15 days.

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