A 35-year-old man from Latur district’s Vangdari village allegedly died over the Maratha reservation issue, Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal’s office said late at night on Thursday (September 11, 2025).
A suicide note has been found, local OBC leaders from Latur said. The community has now demanded financial aid and a job for the widow of the deceased.
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“We have registered a case of accidental death in the matter. But investigation is on. The youth belonged to the Vanjari community. He went to the Manjra river yesterday evening and removed his clothes before jumping into the river. It raises suspicion. We have recovered a note from the pocket of his clothes. We are verifying if it is his handwriting. We are investigating as to why he must have removed his clothes before jumping into the river,” Latur SP Amol Tambe told The Hindu.
“He had three daughters and one son. Since the government had issued a GR on September 2 to issue Kunbi certificates to Marathas, he went into a state of shock. He was worried about what would happen to his children now. So, today, at 5.30 PM, he died by suicide by jumping into Manjra river. A suicide note has been recovered,” Padmakar Waghmare, the city chief of Samata Parishad, told The Hindu from Latur.
