In Mumbi, a 15 year-old girl was brutally gang-raped and killed by three men.The girl was belong to Maratha community. The victim's private parts has been mutilated and her hands and teeth found broken. The incident generated shock waves across the state. All the three culprits were arrested, which did not subside the anger prevalent in the Maratha community. At the time of the incident these three culprits were drinking liquor to celebrate the purchase of a motor cycle.When the body was found by the villagers, who were mostly from Maratha community, they couldn't take the body to the hospital alive.The incident happened in the Kopardi village near Mumbai.
The Marathi community has been in agitation for the last several years demanding reservation in education and employment.This incident of rape and murder of a Maratha girl, aggravated the agitations sponsored by the Maratha community,which is politically influential in Maharastra, accounting for about 34 percent of the State's population. The incident became a powder keg for the community to agitate. The community decided without the support of any political party or any leader to hold silent rallies across the state. These rallies are like Arab Spring originated in the Middle East or the women labor strike took place in the tea plantations of Kerala State in the year of 2014.But as usual several political parties and leaders are claiming that they are behind the agitations, even though there is no official organizers. Almost every silent rally is led by woman and they account for nearly 30 percent of the protesters.They demanded death penalty to the accused in the rape ;and murder case and to implement the reservation law.
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