180 Maratha protesters were produced before the court

NP NEWS NETWORK

PUNE

A total of 180 Maratha Protesters were detained by Pune city police from three different places for violence during bandh over Maratha reservation issue on Thursday. All those protesters were produced before the courts. Pune Bar Association made a bail application for them.

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At District Collector’s office, the Maratha Kranti Morcha leaders had submitted their petition to the district collector and announced the end of protest at 2 pm, but members of other groups forcefully entered the collector’s office premises. They had also damaged the window glass of the security cabin.

In the incident near Chandni Chowk, some protesters had blocked the Pune-Bangalore highway with stones and tree branches in the afternoon. When police tried to remove them, some miscreants pelted stones at police personnel resulting in injuries to 5 personnel and officers.

Two police vans were also damaged. In order to control the mob, police fired teargas shells and resorted to lathi charge. A total of 83 protesters were detained till late night on Thursday.

In another incident, 21 persons were detained when they tried to block traffic agar Khanduji Baba chowk in Deccan area, even after the protests were over. The actual timing of the protest was from 11 in the morning to 6 in the evening.

Even after hours of discussion as the Maratha protesters refused to leave the office of Pune district collector, Pune city police resorted to mild lathi charge. Till late night, about 81 protesters including 5 women were detained by Bundgarden police station.

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There were minor incidents of vandalism including damage to PMPML bus on Laxmi road, vegetable stalls ransacked in Somwar Peth, vehicles damaged in Marketyard and Kothrud, while some protesters broke the gate of the Persistent company near Nal Stop. Some protesters had entered the office of FIS (formerly Sungard) and forced employees to leave. They had also pelted stone at Syntel office in Talwade. A bus full of employees was attacked near Dehuroad.