On July 25, Maratha Kranti Morcha declared that they would protest in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. In Navi Mumbai’s Kalamboli, protestors turned violent and started pelting stones at police. During this, 25-year-old Rohan Todkar sustained multiple injuries on his head, hands, and legs during the violence at Kopar Khairane. He was shifted to the ICU but succumbed to his injuries at the state-run JJ Hospital on July 26.
Also, around 20 policemen, including eight officers, were injured in stone-pelting by protesters at Kopar Khairane and Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday during the bandh called by Maratha organisations to demand a quota for the community in government jobs and education.
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Over 150 vehicles, including 20 belonging to the police, were damaged in the violence. Nine people were injured when police caned protesters and fired pellets and rubber bullets on the violent mob. Police had fired 40 shotgun rounds, 22 rubber bullets, 42 teargas shells and 11 teargas grenades to disperse the violent mob in Navi Mumbai, an official had said.
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Internet services were suspended in Navi Mumbai as a precautionary measure yesterday. Marathas, a politically influential community that constitutes around 30 per cent of the state’s population, have been demanding a 16 per cent reservation. The community had earlier taken out silent marches across the state to highlight their demands, prominent among them being that of reservation. The agitation, however, turned violent after a 27-year-old protester, Kakasaheb Shinde, jumped to his death in Godavari river near Aurangabad on July 23.
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