Quota Agitation Death

A protest has been called in Mumbai by Maratha groups seeking reservation for the community on Wednesday. The Maratha Kranti Morcha, which is spearheading the agitation, announced bandh in Mumbai to press their demand of 16% reservation and to protest against the death of a Maratha youth in Aurangabad.

Lakhs of people marched in Pune in one of the biggest rallies held by the Maratha protesters, who had been holding a series silent protests since last month for reservation and justice for the death of teen who had been raped allegedly by some Dalit men.

Ignoring police orders, a group of BJP and Shiv Sena politicians led a village meeting or panchayat demanding action against the family of Mohammed Akhlaq, who was lynched to death in September over accusations that his family was eating beef in their home.

The death toll in the nine-day violent Jat agitation demanding job quotas in Haryana rose to 30, the state police chief said on Friday.

The Gujarat High Court on Monday asked the state CID to submit a progress report on the investigation into custodial death of a youth in Ahmedabad during the Patel community's agitation for quota in August and directed the investigating officer to remain present before it on October 28.

A protest has been called in Mumbai by Maratha groups seeking reservation for the community on Wednesday. The Maratha Kranti Morcha, which is spearheading the agitation, announced bandh in Mumbai to press their demand of 16% reservation and to protest against the death of a Maratha youth in Aurangabad.

Lakhs of people marched in Pune in one of the biggest rallies held by the Maratha protesters, who had been holding a series silent protests since last month for reservation and justice for the death of teen who had been raped allegedly by some Dalit men.

Ignoring police orders, a group of BJP and Shiv Sena politicians led a village meeting or panchayat demanding action against the family of Mohammed Akhlaq, who was lynched to death in September over accusations that his family was eating beef in their home.

The death toll in the nine-day violent Jat agitation demanding job quotas in Haryana rose to 30, the state police chief said on Friday.

The Gujarat High Court on Monday asked the state CID to submit a progress report on the investigation into custodial death of a youth in Ahmedabad during the Patel community's agitation for quota in August and directed the investigating officer to remain present before it on October 28.