Sahil Walia Jat leaders outside the residence of Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar in Chandigarh on Friday. Watch what else is making news:The home department’s suggestion comes after the Prakash Singh Committee recommended such a law after investigating the role of officers in handling violence during the February 2016 Jat quota stir. All the national highways were blocked during the February 2016 quota stir when the agitation had almost turned into caste violence. The committee, headed by former Uttar Pradesh DGP Prakash Singh, had observed that such disruptions (blockade of road and rail tracks) hurt the country’s economy. There is a need to look the matter seriously,” added Prakash Singh, who had been director-general of BSF and DGP of Assam Police, too.

Source: Indian Express January 27, 2017 21:44 UTC