Chandigarh, Nov. 11 -- Almost a decade after the largescale violence was reported in the state, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday sought status of probe into different FIRs registered by the Haryana Police. Violence raged across Haryana as Jat protesters demanding reservation in jobs and colleges burned government offices and railway stations, attacked shops and clashed with security forces in February 2016. As many as 2,105 FIRs were registered by the state police after the 2016 violence.

The suo motu proceedings in widespread violence was initiated following reports of alleged gangrapes in the fields of Murthal of commuters, which police have not been able to establish so far, triggering CBI probe demand.

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