Man attempts suicide over Maratha quota

A 28-year-old man has allegedly tried to commit suicide over the Maratha reservation issue here in Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place around 8 pm on Wednesday at Kranti Chowk here when the man consumed poison, they said.

Before consuming the poison, the man in a Facebook live video blamed the government for the Maratha community not being able to get reservation in education and jobs.

In the video, the man, who was seen wearing a cap of the Maratha Kranti Morcha, a pro-reservation group, said the community students are facing hurdles in reservation. "The government is only doing politics in this case," he alleged in the video.

The police official said they received a call from a member of the Maratha Kranti Morcha about the incident and rushed to the spot. The man was admitted to a government hospital where he is currently undergoing treatment and is out of danger, an official from the hospital said.