Maratha group calls for state-wide shutdown today
News | July 24, 2018 7:52 ISTMaharashtra Bandh: Maratha group calls for state-wide shutdown today
Maharashtra Bandh: Maratha group calls for state-wide shutdown today
The police broke up the planned convention, citing prohibitory orders imposed in Mumbai after Wednesday's state-wide shutdown which left a 16-year old student dead in Nanded.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis chose not to commit the mistake done by his counterpart in neighbouring Gujarat, where police took action against Dalits, and this gave rise to emergence of local Dalit leaders.
Over 200 buses of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation were damaged in attacks by protesters across the state during the bandh.
An FIR has been registered against Jignesh Mevani and Umar Khalid under section 153(A), 505 & 117 at Vishrambaug Police Station in Pune for their "provocative speeches" on December 31.
The Congress also alleged that two of the accused, against whom cases of inciting violence were registered, have been seen along with Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
The family of the deceased alleged that the youth - Yogesh Prahlad Jadhav - was seriously injured during police caning to clear a road block.
'Breaking India brigade' which, it said, had raised anti-national slogans at the JNU in 2016 and was now trying to divide the Hindu society.
Some unidentified miscreants had gathered at the tomb of a local hero, Govind Gopal Mahar (Gaikwad), and defiled a worn nameplate at the site.
Angry Dalits staged rail, road blockades and took out processions here and in different parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday to protest against violence in Pune a day before
Schools and colleges remained shut as a precautionary measure and buses of the MSRTC stayed off the roads.
Commercial establishments in the city and Satpur, Ambad, Nashik Road localities remained closed.
TV shows including Kundali Bhagya, Aisi Deewangi Dekhi Nahi Kahin and Naamkarann had to halt their shoots due to unrest.
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