Chandigarh: Haryana government on Monday submitted Prakash Singh Committee's report on the widespread violence during the Jat protests and a status report on investigations into the alleged Murthal gangrapes to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in sealed cover.
Months after allegations of gangrapes and molestation by Jat quota agitators near Haryana's Murthal, eyewitnesses have confirmed to the police that women were dragged out of their cars and raped.
According to a NDTV report, a senior lawyer who is helping the High Court in the case, told the court that the 'dhaba owners' in the area have given their statements to the police confirming the rapes.
The witnesses (dhaba owners) told police that their dhabas are located on the highway in the popular tourist pit stop. On the night of February 22 they saw women being molested and raped.
However, a Special Investigation Team set up by the state government has opposed to the statements by dhaba owners stating that they had interrogated a dhaba owner for six hours, who denied the rape allegations.
Burnt vehicles by protesters are seen piled up in Rohtak (Photo: PTI)
"Some protestors, around the age group of 20-26 years, were seen moving around in two-wheelers. I saw them waylaying women and ripping off their clothes, and dragging them into fields," said the eyewitness.
Earlier, some locals, including truck drivers, had claimed they had seen women being dragged to the fields by the protesters. TV channels showed footage of garments worn by women strewn in some places. But, police officials refuted the claim saying that they had been looted from a shop.
The Jat quota agitation witnessed over 30 deaths and hundreds injured along with buildings being burnt down and cars attacked.
