Live updates: Maharashtra bandh over Bhima Koregaon violence

Inter state bus services from Karnataka-Maharashtra temporarily suspended as a precautionary measure: Visuals from Belgaum #BhimaKoregaonViolence pic.twitter.com/krTK8dL6ym

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Aurangabad: All the liquor shops in the district to remain closed till further orders from the district collector. Last evening, Aurangabad district collector had issued directive to keep all the foreign as well as country-made liquor shops closed in the district.

Dalit protest photos from Goregaon and Andheri #BhimaKoregaon #MaharashtraBandh pic.twitter.com/G72yatkD2P

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Following call for a state-wide bandh by RPI Bahujan Mahasangh, few protesters blocked the path of a slow train heading towards CSMT at Thane railway station around 7.50am. The path was cleared and services resumed within three minutes after the RPF and GRP staff pulled away the protestors from the tracks. Services are running uninterrupted on Central Railway from Thane, confirmed officials.

No trains between Virar and Nalasopara as protesters block rail tracks #BhimaKoregaon #MaharashtraBandh pic.twitter.com/npvVH8UFhc

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The Pune rural police said they do not know who started the stone pelting or who instigated the local villagers to indulge in violence that led to clashes leaving one person dead and three others on Monday. They are investigating how trouble broke out in the otherwise peaceful villages of Koregaon Bhima, Vadhu and neighbouring areas. On Tuesday, the situation was tense and an uneasy calm prevailed in these villages.

200-year-old battle is the centre of conflict

Activist and grandson of BR Ambedkar, Prakash Ambedkar gave a call for Maharashtra bandh today: Visuals from Chembur #BhimaKoregaonViolence pic.twitter.com/MUBpKgTVX7

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Law and order situation in Maharashtra is peaceful, but stone pelting, rasta and rail roko andolans and damage to vehicles were reported in Pune, Aurangabad, Thane, Parbhani, Washim and Buldhana, additional director general of police (law and order) Bipin Bihari said on Tuesday.
Bihari told TOI, " On Tuesday, the law and order situation was fine.

Ten lakh Dalits had turned up at Koregaon Bhima, near Pune, on Monday to mark 200 years of the clash in which the Mahar regiment, which signed up on the Raj's side against the "casteist" Peshwas, had put up a valiant fight. Top Dalit leaders from Maharashtra were present, as were Gujarat's new Dalit face Jignesh Mewani, AIMPLB member Maulana Azhari and activist Umar Khalid.

A day after the bicentenary of a British battle with the Peshwas— marked by Dalits as a momentous episode in their history— was marred by clashes between the commemorating group and right-wingers opposed to the event, violent protests by the Dalit community erupted across the state on Tuesday.