Two lives lost in three days as Maratha quota stir intensifies in Mumbai

Mumbai: A Maratha youth who was taking part in the mega-protest in Mumbai has died of a heart attack. This takes the loss of lives to two in as many days during the current agitation being led by activist Manoj Jarange-Patil. 

The two deaths, both from heart attacks, in two days during the agitation have come as a shocker to both the protestors and the government.

The deceased was identified as  Vijaykumar Chandrakant Ghogre (32), resident of Takalgaon in Ahmedpur tehsil of Latur district of Marathwada. 

Ghogre had come to Mumbai with a group of 40 men in two tempos to participate in the quota agitation at Azad Maidan.

Ghogre complained of chest pain on Saturday near the Pydhonie area and was rushed to the government-run Sir JJ Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on admission. 

Ghogre's death comes just two days after a 40-year-old activist, Satish Deshmukh from Beed, district died of a heart attack near Lenyadri in Junnar in Pune on August 29. He was also a part of Jarange-Patil’s entourage  to Mumbai.