Prohibitory orders have been imposed in various parts of the country in view of another Bharat Bandh, which has been called by some groups to protest against caste-based reservation.
The section 144 of the Indian Penal Code, which prohibits assembly of five or more people in an area where it has been imposed, has been imposed in Rajasthan's Jaipur and Bharatpur, Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal and Uttarakhand's Nainital.
A nation-wide shutdown has been called by some outfits today against the caste-based reservation in jobs and education today.
On April 2, the nation-wide strike across the country turned violent after agitators resorted to stone pelting, damaging public properties and blocking rail and road traffic movements.
Violent protests were reported from various states, including Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Gujarat, and Punjab, and in all over 10 people died in the violence.
(With agency inputs)