<p>Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A bandh called on Wednesday in Maharashtra’s Beed district in support of the agitation by Maratha activist Manoj Jarange has remained peaceful so far, according to a senior police official.</p><p>Jarange’s indefinite fast at his native place Antarwali Sarati in neighbouring Jalna district entered the fifth day on Wednesday.</p><p>Superintendent of Police Nandkumar Thakur said, “The bandh has been peaceful and 70-80 per cent successful till noon. Earlier, I had a meeting with the leaders concerned and appealed for peace. Schools in Beed city and some markets across the district have remained shut.”</p>.Maratha quota: Manoj Jarange's fast continues for fifth day; health deteriorates .<p>In Beed city, market areas of Subhash Road, Dhondipura and Bajarpeth remained closed, he said, adding that there has been no untoward incident in the district so far.</p><p>Thakur said some police stations in the district had received letters from Maratha outfits about their plan to call for a bandh on Wednesday in support of Jarange’s agitation.</p><p>Jarange has been observing the indefinite fast demanding inclusion of the Maratha community into the Other Backward Class (OBC) grouping.</p>
<p>Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A bandh called on Wednesday in Maharashtra’s Beed district in support of the agitation by Maratha activist Manoj Jarange has remained peaceful so far, according to a senior police official.</p><p>Jarange’s indefinite fast at his native place Antarwali Sarati in neighbouring Jalna district entered the fifth day on Wednesday.</p><p>Superintendent of Police Nandkumar Thakur said, “The bandh has been peaceful and 70-80 per cent successful till noon. Earlier, I had a meeting with the leaders concerned and appealed for peace. Schools in Beed city and some markets across the district have remained shut.”</p>.Maratha quota: Manoj Jarange's fast continues for fifth day; health deteriorates .<p>In Beed city, market areas of Subhash Road, Dhondipura and Bajarpeth remained closed, he said, adding that there has been no untoward incident in the district so far.</p><p>Thakur said some police stations in the district had received letters from Maratha outfits about their plan to call for a bandh on Wednesday in support of Jarange’s agitation.</p><p>Jarange has been observing the indefinite fast demanding inclusion of the Maratha community into the Other Backward Class (OBC) grouping.</p>