Jarange-Patil appealed to Marathas across the state — including elected representatives, officers, doctors, lawyers and professionals — to support the protest.

The accused, a native of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, was allegedly in an intoxicated condition. He was apprehended on the spot and handed over to the police.

According to a senior police official, a case was registered against the accused at Suryawa police station on Saturday.

The force aims to achieve the target of 10% representation of women and an official says structured to that effect

Husband, arrested on Saturday, tried to escape while being taken to family home to recover evidence: police; sent to 14 days’ judicial custody; mother-in-law arrested, other family members on the run a day after the woman died of 70% burn injuries