Dungarpur (Rajasthan): Thousands of protestors again turned violent and blocked National Highway 8 near Dungarpur in Rajasthan on Friday.
According to sources, protesters also pelted stones on police personnel during a demonstration demanding recruitment of reserved category candidates on vacant unreserved positions for teachers from the year 2018.
The candidates of 2018 teacher recruitment exam have been protesting to fill 1,167 general category vacant posts with Scheduled Tribe-category candidates.
A huge mob of protesters gathered at National Highway 8 near Dungarpur, pelted stones and damaged vehicles demanding to fill the vacancies with ST-candidates.
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According to the police, thousands of candidates blocked the Udaipur-Ahmedabad National Highway, pelted policemen with stones, leaving many of them injured, besides torching several police vehicles.
The protesters pelted stones on the police force and torched several vehicles. The police used tear gas shells and fired in the air to disperse the crowd, but to no avail.
Later, in the wake of the attack, the police resorted to a mild lathi-charge, dispersing the crowd.
Meanwhile, heavy police deployment was made at the protest site to tackle any untoward incident. Personnel from other police stations were called in to maintain order, sources added.
