The statewide agitation for Maratha quota is set to intensify after a youth from Aurangabad jumped to his death on Monday during a protest on the bridge over the Godavari river.

The victim has been identified as Kakasaheb Shinde, who had participated in a protest in which the agitators had threatened to jump into the river, dodging police bandobast. Shinde was rescued and taken to a local hospital, but died some time later.