Vandalism outside Gunaratna Sadavarte's home: Bhoiwada Police book four, three held

The vandalised vehicle of Adv Sadavarte. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Vandalism outside Gunaratna Sadavarte's home: The Bhoiwada Police on Thursday arrested three people and said that they were looking for the fourth suspect allegedly involved in the vandalism outside Advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte's residence in Parel area of central Mumbai.

According to the ANI, DCP Zone 5 of Mumbai Police, Prashant Kadam said, "An FIR has been registered against four persons for vandalism outside Adv Sadavarte's residence in the juridiction of Bhoiwada Police. Three suspects involved in vandalism are already arrested and one accused who was streaming the incident on Facebook is wanted. We are looking for him. The arrested accused will be produced before the court on Thursday."

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Earlier, Mumbai Police had detained three people for vandalising the car of Anti-reservation advocate Gunaratna Sadarvarte outside his residence in Mumbai on Thursday, the officials said.

Advocate Gunratna Sadavarte had opposed the case in connection to the Maratha Reservation in the Bombay High Court and Supreme Court.

Advocate Sadavarte however said that nothing will deter him for fighting for the rights of students in the open category.

"As long as there is blood in my veins, I will fight for the rights of students of the open category. I will not let the country disintegrate over caste. We say 'Jai Sri Ram', we say 'Vande Mataram'...My vehicles were vandalised today. I might be killed. But I won't step back. I won't be scared" Sadavarte told reporters in Mumbai today, reported the ANI

Meanwhile, activists of the Maratha Kranti Morcha also reached the Bhoiwada Police station and protested.

Earlier, on Wednesday Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil once again started a hunger strike in Jalna, after the purported deadline of 40 days given to the given to the state government to announce the reservation expired.

Jarange Patil said that this time the community would intensify its protest and hold chain hunger strikes and candle marches till their demand is fulfilled.

Earlier on October 19, a man from Jalna district who came to Mumbai for the cause of the Maratha reservation allegedly died by suicide.

He allegedly hanged himself with a rope under the Western Express Highway in the Bandra area of Mumbai. The incident is said to have happened on Wednesday night, police said.

(with ANI inputs)