Sangli (PTI): A 37-year-old man allegedly killed himself by hanging from a tree in Sangli district of Maharashtra seeking reservation for the Dhangar community, police said on Tuesday.
The body of Birudev Kharje, a resident of Aabachiwadi in Kavthe Mahankal tehsil, was found hanging from a tree at his farm on Sunday afternoon.
"Police have recovered a suicide note from the pocket of Kharje stating that the Dhangar community should get the reservation," a Umdi police station officer said.
Currently, the Dhangar or shepherd community is classified under the Vimukta Jati & Nomadic Tribes (VJNT) category. However, the community is staging protests for the quota under the ST category.
BJP MLC Gopichand Dhangar said it is an unfortunate incident wherein Kharje from the Dhangar community has ended his life for the cause of the reservation.
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Sakleshpur: In a tragic incident reported from the taluk, a 28-year-old man who was on the way to his pre-wedding shoot died as his car rammed into a roadside tree.
The deceased groom, identified as Manu LN, was a resident of Darbarpet in Lakkunda village, Belur taluk, and was to get married on May 10.
Manu was traveling in his car to get his bride for the shoot when he lost control over the car near Moogali of Sakleshpur taluk and the vehicle hit a tree beside the road.
Manu is learned to have died on the spot due to the impact of the collision.
