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Write a News Report based on the following headline.
'Maratha Kranti Morcha turned violent in Chakan.'​

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Maratha Kranti Morcha workers allegedly blocked the Pune-Nashik highway in Chakan on Monday, demanding reservations for jobs and education for their community. They reportedly torched five buses and damaged around 50 vehicles. Police resorted to baton charging the protestors before using tear gas to quell the violence, The Indian Express reported.

The local administration in Chakan imposed Section 144 to curb the violence from spreading, ANI reported. The curfew has now been revoked after the administration said the situation was under control. Superintendent of Police Sandeep Patil said additional police forces have been deployed in the area, India Today reported.

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In Solapur, several incidents of stone-pelting were reported during the protests, Loksatta reported. The police resorted to baton-charging the protestors. Deputy Police of Commissioner Poornima Chowgule’s car was damaged during the demonstration. Most of the shops and business establishments in Solapur were shut on Monday.

On Sunday, several Maratha leaders in Latur said they would not pay taxes until the government complied with their demands for reservation quotas in government jobs and colleges. Community leaders from 22 districts resolved to boycott paying taxes and impose a blockade on all main roads with their family members, livestock and vehicles on August 9, DNA reported. The community will stage a sit-in protest on August 1 outside government offices and those run by MPs and local legislators.

Maratha Kranti Morcha leader Vinod Pokharkar said the August 9 protest will be staged as a display of strength. “We will hold a mega rally in Mumbai on August 9, August Kranti Din,” Pokharkar said.

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Santosh Suryarao, the morcha convenor in Thane, said that the bail application for those arrested for violence in Panvel and Thane will be heard on August 3. “The Thane district committee is not planning to take the protest ahead at the moment as this will spoil the future prospects of young Marathas participating in the protests,” Suryawanshi told Scroll.in.

The Congress has written to Governor Vidyasagar Rao urging him to intervene in the matter and ask the state government to expedite its efforts for providing 16% reservation to Maratha community.

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