JAIPUR, India, May 25, SPA -- Authorities invited leaders of one ofIndia's lowest castes for talks as the death toll rose to37 Sunday from three days of bloody demonstrations overcaste classification. Police repeatedly opened fire on violent protests by theGujjar community on Friday and Saturday in half a dozenvillages and towns in western Rajasthan state, the Associated Press reported. The Gujjars are seeking to reclassify their caste to alower level, which would allow them to qualify forgovernment jobs and university places reserved for suchgroups. The government has refused. Twenty-one people were killed in clashes on Saturday,Rohit Kumar Singh, the state information commissioner, saidSunday. No immediate response came from the Gujjars afterthe state government's offer of negotiations, he said. Police in Sikandra town fired at protesters who torched apolice station and two buses Saturday and shot and woundeda policeman, said Amanjit Singh Gill, Rajasthan'sDirector-general of police. Protesters also burned down a police station in the nearbyvillage of Chandra Guddaji, Gill said. Fifteen demonstrators died Friday when police fired liveammunition and tear gas to halt rioting, said Singh. Apolice officer was also beaten to death. At least 70 injured people were hospitalized in Jaipur,the state capital, and the town of Dosa.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/558933