Latur (Maharashtra), Sept. 12 -- A 35-year-old Other Backward Class activist from Latur district ended his life by jumping into the Manjara river, reportedly expressing fears that the Maharashtra government's recent decision on Maratha reservations would adversely affect the OBC quota, police said.
Bharat Mahadev Karad of Wangdari village in Renapur taluka took the extreme step around yesterday after participating in OBC reservation protests for several years.
According to the Latur Superintendent of Police, Karad left behind a suicide note saying that he had been actively involved in the OBC Bachao Andolan but felt that the government had betrayed the OBC community through its implementation of the Hyderabad Gazette for the Maratha commu...