A group of five protesters from Dalit Youth Panther jumped on the railway tracks in Thane on Thursday afternoon, stopping a CSMT-bound train and demanding arrest of Bhide Guruji and Milind Ekbote. All the five were detained by the RPF. Railway officials said no force was used to remove them from the spot

A day after protests during the bandh rocked the state, the police have registered 120 FIRs against those who took to violent acts and targeted civilians and cops. DGP Satish Mathur said the police handled the overall situation very sensitively and effectively and averted a major incident in the Bhima-Koregaon clashes near Pune on January 1.