Maharashtra: Car in OBC Leader Laxman Hake’s Convoy Damaged During Protest in Nanded (Watch Video)

A car in the convoy of OBC leader Laxman Hake was vandalised by a mob of protesters in the Nanded district of Maharashtra on Thursday evening, November 7. The incident took place at Bachoti village in Kandhar tehsil as there was a face-off between Maratha and OBC activists, said a Kandhar police station official, reported news agency PTI.

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Hake has been opposing Maratha leader Manoj Jarange's demand that Marathas be given reservation under the OBC category. The official said the OBC leader was passing through Bachoti village after a campaigning rally for Chandrasen Patil, who is contesting from the Kandhar assembly seat.

Car in OBC Leader Laxman Hake’s Convoy Damaged During Protest

STORY | Car in OBC leader Laxman Hake's convoy damaged during protest

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“Around 50 persons from each side came face to face and did sloganeering. The rear glass of a car in Laxman Hake’s convoy was broken. We are conducting probe,” he told PTI.