PTI

Jaipur, May 29: Eleven people were on Tuesday killed and about 80 injured in clashes and police firing in three districts of Rajasthan during agitation by the Gurjar community on a quota issue, after which the Army was called out on Jaipur-Agra highway blocked by the protestors.

Highways linking Jaipur with Agra, Delhi, Kota and Sawai Madhopur were blocked by angry agitators who pelted stones and clashed with the police in Dausa, Karauli and Bundi districts.

Five persons were killed in Bundi district while six bodies were found from Peelplikheda-Patoli area, about 165 km from here, along Jaipur-Agra national highway in Dausa and in neighbouring Karauli, State Home Secretary V S Singh said.

Two police personnel were also missing in Dausa while collector of Bundi S S Bissa sustained injuries in the violence, he said.

Six bodies found in Gangapur City, Bayana and Mahua in Dausa and neighbouring Karauli districts and five bodies in Bundi have been sent for postmortem, Singh said.

In a move to check the protests, six columns of the army comprising 600 personnel were rushed at around 1pm from Jaipur to hold flag march on the national highway near Dausa, he said.

Army was also alerted in Alwar and Bharatpur areas to assist the civilian administration after protestors dug up roads and damaged national highway.

Police earlier lathicharged, lobbed teargas shells and opened fire in Dausa and Bundi city to disperse the Gurjars, who had given a call for a 'chakka jam' agitation to demand shifting of the community from OBC to Scheduled Tribe category.