Nizar and Kukarmunda Talukas in Tapi District Observe Bandh

Nizar and Kukarmunda Talukas in Tapi District Observe Bandh September 23, 2025

Tapi: In response to the killing of a tribal youth in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar, a bandh was observed on Tuesday in Nizar and Kukarmunda talukas of Tapi district.

On September 16, 2025, in Sindhi Colony, Nandurbar, a tribal youth, Jayeshbhai Rajubhai (Jaydada), was attacked with a knife by a man named Suryakant Marathe, leaving him critically injured. The youth later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Surat, sparking outrage in the tribal community.

In protest, on Monday, tribal youth and leaders from Nizar and Kukarmunda organized rallies and submitted petitions to the authorities demanding capital punishment for the accused. In Nizar, demonstrators gathered at the Taluka office of the Nizar Prant Adhi