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Villagers also claimed that police fired some rounds in the air, but officials did not confirm it. The protest for the Maratha reservation in the Jalna district of central Maharashtra turned violent on Friday.
A protest for Maratha reservation in Jalna district of central Maharashtra turned violent on Friday leading to dozens of persons including police personnel getting injured, officials said.
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Police used baton-charge and fired teargas shells to disperse a violent mob at Antarwali Sarathi village on Dhule-Solapur road in Ambad tehsil. Villagers also claimed that police fired some rounds in the air, but officials did not confirm it. The protesters, led by Manoj Jarange, had been staging a hunger strike demanding reservation for the Maratha community at the village since Tuesday.
An official statement said that CM Shinde has made an appeal for peace and announced that a committee will be set up for a high-level probe into the violence