A 35-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train in Aurangabad over the demand for reservation in government jobs and education for the Maratha community, police said today.
The man, identified as Pramod Jaising Hore, had posted a message on his Facebook page and shared a message on WhatsApp yesterday, saying he would be killing himself in support of the reservation demand, Mukundwadi police station's Senior Inspector Natha Jadhav told.
Hore allegedly jumped before the running train in Mukundwadi area of Aurangabad in central Maharashtra late last night, he said.
In his message on Facebook, the man had said in Marathi, "Chala aajek Maratha jaatoy, pan kahitari Maratha arakshanasathi kara, jaijijau-aapla Pramod Patil (today one Maratha is leaving... but do something for the Maratha reservation... )," a police official said.
The man, who was preparing for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission exams, later posted another message, saying "Maratha reservation will claim one life", he said.
Many of Hore's friends had requested him not to take the extreme step but he did not pay heed. His body was found on the railway tracks this morning, the official said.