01 November,2023 05:27 PM IST | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | mid-day online correspondent
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Maratha quota: Mobile and broadband Internet services would be reportedly suspended for 48 hours in most parts of central Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district from Wednesday evening to stop the spread of rumours amid the ongoing Maratha quota agitation, an official said, according to the PTI.
The shutdown will be enforced from 6 pm on Wednesday to 6 pm on Friday (November 3), he said, as per the PTI.
According to the PTI, the action was being taken following orders from additional chief secretary (home) Sujata Saunik, he said.
The order was applicable to the talukas of Gangapur, Vaijapur, Khultabad, Phulambri, Sillod, Kannad, Paithan, Soegaon and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar except the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city.
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To maintain law and order and prevent the spread of rumors, Internet services provided through dongles, broadband, wireline internet, fiber internet will be suspended for a period of 48 hours, the official said, reported the PTI.
Violence broke out in many parts of Maharashtra in the last three days after activist Manoj Jarange launched a hunger strike for the demand of Maratha quota.
Meanwhile, the Pune police in Maharashtra have reportedly registered offences against nearly 500 activists of outfits supporting Maratha reservation for allegedly blocking a stretch of the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway and setting tyres ablaze, officials said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.
The protesters allegedly blocked the highway stretch near Navale bridge in Maharashtra's Pune city between 12.15 pm and 2.45 pm on Tuesday and burnt tyres to press for their demand for reservation to Marathas, police said, according to the PTI.
The police said that they have registered offences against 400 to 500 activists of the Maratha Kranti Morcha and Sakal Maratha Morcha on various charges, including causing danger to the lives of others and spreading fear among commuters, as per the PTI.
The activists have been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Maharashtra Police Act and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, the police added.
People demanding Maratha reservation have been observing indefinite fasts at different places in Thane.
On Tuesday night, a group of people from Navi Mumbai took out a candle march in support of the Maratha quota demand.
(with PTI inputs)
