Members of the Mali community demanding separate reservation refused to lift a blockade on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway in Bharatpur as the protest entered its seventh day on Thursday. The protesters are also demanding Rs 1 crore compensation, a government job for the next of kin and status of martyr for Mohan Singh who allegedly hanged himself from a tree near the protest
A delegation of the community led by its leader Murari Lal Saini met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at his residence here on Tuesday, but the protestors have not vacated the highway as yet
The body of a man belonging to the Mali community, which has been blocking the Jaipur-Agra national highway here demanding a separate 12 per cent quota, was found hanging from a tree near the protest site on Tuesday morning, police said.Nitriaj Singh, the circle officer of Nadbai, said the body was found hanging from a tree along the highway around 150 meters from the protest site.The man has been identified as Mohan Singh.