With the Bharat Bandh turning violent in parts of the country, the Centre today filed a review petition for the SC/ST Act in the Supreme Court.

Confirming the update, Union Minster for Law and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "The government today filed a comprehensive review for the Supreme Court order on the SC/ST Act."

Dalit organisations across India called for a Bharat Bandh today to voice their protest against a recent Supreme Court ruling that diluted the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

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As many as 763 agitators have been taken into custody in Jharkhand's Ranchi.

A man named Pawan has been killed in police firing in Alwar's Khairthal, Rajashtan.

The Bharat Bandh protests have turned deadly in Madhya Pradesh where four people are reported to have been killed. Two deaths took place in Gawlior due to a clash between two groups. One person was killed in Bhind while another protester was killed in Morena.

Hundreds of protesters carrying swords, sticks, baseball bats and flags forced shopkeepers and other establishments in Punjab's Jalandhar, Amritsar and Bathinda to shut down.

An irate mob of Dalit protestors is learnt to have attacked some police officials trying to clear a traffic jam in Uttar Pradesh's Ferozabad.

The Delhi-Dehradun highway has been completely blocked by agitators that has now left thousands stranded on the roads.

The nation-wide protest has come into effect in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Bihar, with Dalits pouring onto roads with blue flags bearing BR Ambedkar's portrait.

Nearly 25 people have been reported to have suffered injuries in a violent clash between Dalits and the police in Rajasthan's Barmer city.

According to some reports, tear gas shells were also used to disperse the violent crowd in Barmer.

In Bihar's Muzaffarpur, a Dalit-rights organisation called Bhim Army is staging a massive protest, whereas in Meerut some cars have been damaged in a violent agitation.

Protestors damage cars in UP's Meerut. Photo: ANI

Protestors have blocked trains in Bihar's Arrah at the Forbesganj Junction, Punjab's Patiala among other states in the country.

The Punjab government has ordered a security clampdown across the state as a precautionary measure fearing backlash by Dalit organisations objecting to the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.

While ordering closure of all educational institutions and suspension of state-owned road transport services, the Punjab government has asked the Army and Para-military forces to be on alert.

The CBSE Class 12 and 10 exams that were scheduled for today in Punjab have also been postponed.

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