Updated On: 03 August, 2018 08:07 AM IST | Pune | Chaitraly Deshmukh
While the Marathas' agitation in Ghorpadi, Koregaon Park and Mundhwa was peaceful, protestors forced shopkeepers to close their stores

While the protestors did not indulge in violence, they forced shopkeepers to keep their stores shut. File pic
The Marathas held protests in Ghorpadi and adjacent areas like Koregaon Park and Mundhwa on Thursday. While they did not indulge in violence, they forced shopkeepers to keep their stores shut in these areas.
According to Mundhwa police station senior police inspector Anil Patrudkar, "The protest by Sakal Maratha Samaj of Ghorpadi gaon was peaceful. It started at 10.30 am and 10 to 15 protestors tried to block the Pune-Solapur Highway, but were arrested by Wanwadi police. They also tried to hold a rasta roko. The situation was under control throughout the agitation in Ghorpadi."