Police clashed with protesters on Thursday.
Police lobbed teargas shells and used baton-charge in Kopar Khairane area of neighbouring Navi Mumbai on Thursday after a group of protesters stoned vehicles, clashed with local people and indulged in arson.
Miscreants also set fire to a police outpost.
The incidents took place after the Maratha organisations which had called for a Bandh to press the demand of reservations called off thNavieir stir, police said.
A group of protesters who were returning home hurled stones at vehicles of local people in Kopar Khairane, police said.
It led to members of local communities gathering at the spot, who clashed with the protesters, some of whom were migrant `mathadi' porters working in the Vashi Wholesale Vegetable Market, a police official said.
Stone-pelting ensued, in which some offices and shops were also damaged.
The mob also set fire to a police chowky (outpost) near D-Mart supermarket in sector 6. Five-to-six cars and over a dozen two-wheelers parked in front of the chowky were also vandalised and torched.
A hotel was set on fire in sector 3, police said.
Stones were also pelted at the police, who used baton charge and lobbed teargas shells to disperse crowds, said a police officer.
The area has witnessed clashes between migrant mathadi workers and members of the local Agari community in the past.
The situation was tense but under control now, the police officer said.
All pictures from PTI
1. Flames rise from burning vehicles
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Navi Mumbai: Flames rise from a burning vehicle as Maratha Kranti Morcha protesters clashed with police personnel during a protest called for reservations in jobs and education, in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.
2. Protesters block a road
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Maratha Kranti Morcha protesters block a road, as police personnel stand by during their statewide bandh called for reservations in jobs and education, in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.
3. Protesters burn police outpost
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Flames rise inside a police chowki after Maratha Kranti Morcha protesters clashed with police personnel during a protest called for reservations in jobs and education, in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.
4. Flames rise from a burning vehicle
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Flames rise from a burning vehicle as Maratha Kranti Morcha protesters clashed with police personnel during a protest called for reservations in jobs and education, in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.
5. Protesters stop vehicles
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Maratha Kranti Morcha activists stop the traffic during their statewide bandh, called for reservations in jobs and education, at Jogeshwari in Mumbai on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.
6. Stone-pelting in Kopar Khairane
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Maratha Kranti Morcha protesters pelt stones at police personnel during their statewide bandh, called for reservations in jobs and education, in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.
7. Protesters stop a school bus
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Navi Mumbai: Maratha Kranti Morcha activists stop a school bus during their statewide bandh, called for reservations in jobs and education, at Kopar Khairane, Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.
