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Bandh for separate district turns violent in Jangoan

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Press Trust of India Jangoan (Telangana)
Tension prevailed at Jangoan in Waragnal district of Telangana today as agitators demanding a separate district turned violent.

An RTC bus and a police jeep were torched and ten other RTC buses alongwith six private vehicles were damaged, police said.

Joint Action Committee of Jangoan had given a call for bandh to press the demand of creation of the new district of Jangoan.

The agitators tried to attack MLA Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy's house too.

As they staged a dharna at Chowrstha, traffic from Hyderabad came to a standstill.

Police detained several JAC leaders.

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First Published: Jul 01 2016 | 9:28 PM IST

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