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The
Haryana
government
on
Friday
appointed
a
two-member
commission
of
inquiry
headed
by
Justice
(retd)
SN
Jha
to
investigate
what
caused
the
Jat
quota
violence
that
rocked
the
state
from
February
18
to
23.
The
commission
will
probe
the
sequence
of
events
leading
to
the
agitation
and
violence
leading
to
loss
of
lives,
damage
to
private
and
public
property,
road
blockades,
illegal
felling
of
trees
and
violation
of
human
rights
in
Rohtak,
Jhajjar,
Sonepat,
Jind,
Hisar,
Kaithal
and
Bhiwani
districts.
The
state
government
had
earlier
appointed
former
IPS
officer
Prakash
Singh
to
investigate
into
the
acts
of
omission
and
commission
on
part
of
the
police
and
civil
administration
and
suggest
measures
to
prevent
recurrence
of
such
incidents.
However,
his
appointment
was
not
made
under
the
Commission
of
Inquiry
Act.
Dozens
of
people
were
killed
on
February
when
Jat
protesters
clashed
with
forces
and
other
groups,
torched
buildings
and
vehicles
and
destroyed
public
and
private
property.
The
state
government
had
told
Punjab
and
Haryana
high
court
that
2,110
FIRs
were
registered
and
567
people
arrested
in
connection
with
the
violence
and
loss
of
property
during
the
quota
agitation.
An
official
spokesperson
said
that
the
commission
would
also
probe
the
possibility
of
a
deep-rooted
conspiracy
to
disturb
social
harmony.
The
other
member
of
the
commission
is
former
IPS
officer
NC
Padhi,
a
former
Intelligence
Bureau
sleuth.
Chief
minister,
Manohar
Lal
Khattar,
had
recently
announced
in
the
assembly
that
a
judicial
inquiry
would
be
ordered
to
probe
the
incidents
of
arson
and
violence
during
the
reservation
agitation.
The
Haryana
government
on
Friday
appointed
a
two-member
commission
of
inquiry
headed
by
Justice
(retd)
SN
Jha
to
investigate
what
caused
the
Jat
quota
violence
that
rocked
the
state
from
February
18
to
23.
The
commission
will
probe
the
sequence
of
events
leading
to
the
agitation
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