A 14 year old girl allegedly committed suicide demanding reservation for the maratha community in Jalna,Maharashtra. A police officer gave this information on Friday. According to the officer, the minor girl hangedherself in a room of her house in Someshwar area on Thursday. The officer said that a letter from the minor hasbeen recovered, in which he has allegedly written that the maratha community should get reservation and mywords should not go in vain. The girl was taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her broughtdead, the officer said. police were informed about the incident on friday morning. He said that a case has beenregistered in Limbgaon police station in connection with this incident and investigation is being done.Police registered a case and started investigationHe said that a report of sudden death has been registered at Limbgaon police station and further investigation isunderway. This is the second suicide case on this issue within a week after a 23-year-old man from Nanded citycommitted suicide by consuming poison. In a note found from him, his desire for a government job wasexpressed. The note read, This is a question of government job for me. One maratha, lakh Marathas.Bhagyanagar police station had registered an accidental death report in connection with the incident.
Maharashtra is witnessing protests by members of the maratha community demanding reservation, which isbeing led by activist Manoj Jarange. Who have gone on hunger strike for their demands. Following Jarange’shunger strike, the maharashtra government led by chief minister Eknath Shinde decided to issue Kunbi castecertificates to those Marathas who could produce records from the erstwhile hyderabad state where theirancestors were reported to belong to the Kunbi community. So that they can avail the benefits of OBC quota.
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