30 October,2023 06:19 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
A group of protesters at MLA Prakash Solanke in Beed district. Pic/PTI
Maratha quota: A group of Maratha reservation activists reportedly torched the first floor of the Majalgaon Municipal Council building and vandalised it in Maharashtra's Beed district, soon after setting on fire the residence of local Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Prakash Solanke on Monday, the police said, reported the PTI.
The residence of MLA Prakash Solanke in Beed district was reportedly set on fire and stones were hurled at it on Monday amid fresh violence over the demand for Maratha quota, the police said, reported the PTI.
In a related incident, Maratha quota supporters, allegedly armed with wooden sticks, vandalised the office of BJP MLA Prashant Bamb at Gangapur in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in central Maharashtra, they said.
No casualties were reported in the twin incidents.
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According to the PTI, after torching the residence of MLA Solanke, a group of Maratha quota activists went to the Majalgaon Municipal Council building situated off Parali Road and started vandalising it, a senior police official said.
The incident took place at Majalgaon, more than 400km from Mumbai, at around 1.30 pm.
The group, armed with wooden sticks and stones, damaged the window panes of the building, he said, as per the PTI.
The vandals them went on the first floor of the building and torched it, burning down the furniture there, said the official, according to the news agency.
Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and douses the flames, he said, adding there were no casualties.
Police have started examining the CCTV footage of the area to identify the persons involved in torching the municipal council building and process was on to register an offence against them, he said.
In the second incident at Gangapur in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, two persons were detained after a group of Maratha quota supporters damaged window panes and furniture inside the office of BJP MLA Bamb, the police said.
The violence and arson have taken place at a time when quota activist Manoj Jarange is on an indefinite fast since October 25 at Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district as part of the second phase of the agitation demanding reservation for the Maratha community.
(with PTI inputs)
