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Maharashtra caste clashes live: Airlines waive cancellation charge from Mumbai; Rahul slams BJP

Updated: Jan 02, 2018, 07.06 PM IST


Violence flared up across Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra as Marathas and Dalits clashed with each other over marking of the 200th anniversary of Bhima Koregaon battle in Pune district.

Mumbai Police have detained more than 100 people over different locations in relation to violence. Jet Airways, Air India have waived off cancellation charges from Mumbai due to ongoing volatile situation in the state.

Police asks commuters to avoid these routes.

Local train services on the Harbour line have been affected between Chembur and Govandi as the protesters blocked the railway tracks.

Maharashtra state transport buses were also attacked. A total 134 MSRTC buses were damaged during today's violence.

In a latest development, the central railway suspended suburban services between Kurla and Vashi on its harbour corridor and is running special services between CSMT-Kurla and Vashi-Panvel section.

As a precautionary measure, schools were shut in Mumbai.

One person was killed on Monday when the the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Bhima-Koregaon battle in Pune district turned violent. The clash broke our between villagers from Koregaon Bhima, Pabal and Shikrapur and a large group of people celebrating the January 1, 1818, victory of British troops over Peshwa Bajirao II's army in Koregaon Bhima.

Dalit leaders commemorate the British victory, as it is believed that soldiers from the Mahar community -- then considered untouchable -- were part of the East India Company's forces.

However, some right-wing groups in Pune had expressed opposition to the celebrations of the "British victory". The violence had erupted after a local group and some members of the crowd on its way to the memorial had an argument over some issues.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a judicial inquiry.

Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, has announced a state-wide bandh tomorrow as a protest against the police inaction.

 

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India caste protest disrupts Mumbai

• 3 January 2018

Thousands of protesters from India's low-caste Dalit community have disrupted key transport services in the country's financial capital, Mumbai.

Several local trains have been delayed or cancelled, buses have been damaged and schools are shut.

Similar disruptions have also been reported from other parts of the western state of Maharashtra.

Dalit groups are protesting against violence involving right-wing Hindu groups in Pune city on Monday.

One man was killed in the clashes as Dalits marked the 200th anniversary of a battle they won, fighting alongside British colonial forces, against an upper caste ruler.

More than 100 protesters have been arrested since then. The state authorities have appealed for peace.

Devendra Fadnavis, the state's chief minister, has ordered a judicial inquiry into the clashes in Pune.

Many domestic airlines have waived cancellation charges on flights to and from Mumbai as well as other neighbouring cities.

The city also witnessed violence on Tuesday as protesters pelted stones at trains and clashed with security forces in several locations.