Maratha stir turns violent: Cop dies on duty, 5 attempt suicide

AURANGABAD: A head constable from Osmanabad died whilst on duty on Tuesday at Kaigaon-Toka on the Aurangabad-Pune freeway, the place violent protests broke out following the death of a farmer on Monday.

In other incidents, a farmer from Deogaonrangari, in the Aurangabad rural area, was in vital situation after consuming poison whilst 4 others allegedly attempted to end their lives. However, the police could not link all five suicide attempts to the Maratha reservation agitation. The explanation for death of head constable Shyam Kadgaonkar (50), a Osmanabad resident, was not referred to as police have been but to receive the autopsy document.

Aurangabad district collector Uday Choudhari advised TOI, "We have ordered a high-level probe into the death of the head constable. An appropriate case will be registered after we get the autopsy report." The farmer in vital situation, Jagannath Sonawane (50), is the father of a talathi with the Aurangabad income division. His farm is located subsequent to the bridge the place the protest was being held.


GMCH dean Kanan Yelikar mentioned Sonawane has been placed on ventilator. Though Sonawane's family has claimed that he tried suicide in reinforce of the Maratha reservation purpose, Aurangabad SP Arti Singh mentioned they have been trying to confirm whether or not he was in truth related to the movement.


Another farmer from Deogaonrangari, Jayendra Sonawane (28), allegedly tried suicide by jumping right into a well close to Shivna river. Confirming that the suicide bid was related to the Maratha reservation issue, Choudhari mentioned Sonawane was protesting on the bridge over the river earlier than jumping into the dry well. He sustained a couple of fractures in both legs.


Two men in Beed who had long past with a delegation to the tehsildar with their calls for tried to jump from the terrace. However, the police chased them and stopped them from jumping.


In Latur, a Maratha adolescence poured petrol on himself at Shivaji chowk.
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