Jat reservation stir Day 3: More violence in Rohtak, Delhi borders sealed, roads in Gurgaon blocked..

Army has been deployed in agitation-hit districts of Haryana as large scale violence by Jat community protesters left four people dead in firing by security forces. Authorities clamped curfew and issued "shoot-at-sight" orders in the worst-affected Rohtak and Bhiwani districts on Friday evening. The Army has been called in Rohtak, Hisar, Jind, Sonipat, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Kaithal , Panipat.
At least four people were killed and nine others were seriously injured today near the Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) campus in Rohtak, Haryana, as police opened fire on Jat protesters seeking reservation.

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Here are the latest updates:

• "10 companies of Paramilitary forces have reached, another 23 are on their way," YP Singhal said.
• YP Singhal, Haryana DGP said, "In many places jams have opened up at the behest of the police." He also requested elders of the community to discourage the youth from protesting.
• According to sources, BJP president Amit Shah asks all Haryana BJP leaders to speak to the protestors and sort out the matter at the earliest.
• Delhi borders have been sealed to prevent protesters from entering the national capital. Major roads in Gurgaon blocked by agitators.
• Fresh incidents of violence in different areas of Rohtak district. Protesters set fire to Meham BDO office. In Kalanor, bus set on fire. Protesters also torch three school buildings on Guhana road.
• The Army conducted flag march in tense areas and used choppers to reach parts of Rohtak even as incidents of violence and arson by Jats demanding quota continued at several places.
• H-1 blocked by Jat protesters near Narela border in Delhi.
• Around 500 trains were affected, we had to cancel 72 trains yesterday. Routes passing through Panipat, Rohtak, Rewadi have been closed: Neeraj Sharma (CPRO Northern Rail)
• The Army used choppers to reach Rohtak as the agitators had dug up roads leading to the city.
• Protesters set on fire the Burha Kheda railway station in Jind.
• Army reaches in Hissar. Curfew imposed in Rohtak and Bhiwani. One BSF jawan injured in clashes with protesters.. Another youth was killed in separate incidence in Rohtak-Hissar highway.
• Total 716 trains affected by Jat agitation in Haryana till now. Disruptions caused by the ongoing Jat quota stir have caused a loss of Rs 200 crore to the railways as the schedules of more than 600 passenger and freight trains were hit, a railway ministry official said.
• Jat leaders rejected the offer made by Haryana government and asserted that their agitation would continue till their demand is met. "There is no solid offer made by Haryana government. BJP government is just trying to befool Jats as its intentions with regard to giving reservation to Jats is not clean," All India Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti's national president, Yashapal Malik said.
• Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Manohar Parrikar, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley reviewed the violence in Haryana late last night. 1,000 paramilitary personnel rushed to Haryana.
• Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued in curfew-bound city areas of violence-hit Rohtak and Bhiwani in Haryana.
• The protesters turned violent and set on fire the house of Haryana Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu.
• Mobile Internet and SMS services remain suspended indefinitely by the authorities in violence-hit Rohtak in the wake of the agitation spreading in the district.

Trains cancelled

• Jammu Rajdhani
• Kalka Shatabdi
• Ludhiana shatabdi
• Amritsar Shatabdi
• Bhatinda Shatabdi
• Chandigarh Shatabdi

Jat leaders said that the agitation will not be withdrawn till the Khattar government comes out with substantive action on their demand for reservation for Jat community in government jobs and educational institutions.