A day after police firing and violence in Maval near Pune, killing three persons, the situation is peaceful and under control, official sources said today.A magisterial inquiry had been ordered into the firing in which three farmers were killed and one seriously injured, District collector Vikas Deshmukh told PTI.He clarified that the figure of dead in the police firing so far was three and not four as reported earlier and one of the seriously injured was being treated at a hospital at Talegaon.Deshmukh said about 50 police personnel including ten officers too were injured in the stone pelting in the farmers' protest on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, against a closed pipeline project on the Pavna dam to facilitate water supply to the industrial township of Pimpri-Chinchwad.Many private and police vehicles were damaged in the violent incidents that blocked the highway for hours yesterday.Meanwhile, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today visited the injured in hospitals to inquire about their condition.Shiv Sena spokesperson and MLC Neelam Gorhe demanded resignation of Pawar, District Guardian Minister, for "unwarranted" police firing at Maval, about 70 kms from here. Bedlam in Mah House on Pune firing; Oppn disrupts proceedingsMaharashtra Legislative Assembly witnessed uproarious scenes over the police firing in Pune district with Opposition members stalling proceedings demanding immediate discussion on the matter and adjournment of the House for the day after the debate.Leader of Opposition Eknath Khadse moved a adjournment notice soon after the House assembled for the day demanding suspension of the Question Hour and taking up discussion on the issue.Opposition members shouted slogans against the goverment calling it a "murderer" in wake of the firing which killed three persons who were protesting against release of Pavana dam water for drinking water to Pimpri-Chinchwad instead of irrigation in the Maval taluka.The House had to be adjourned first for 20 minutes, then for half an hour and later for 15 minutes due to the ruckus.Government agreed to a debate under the adjournment motion. Opposition members demanded adjournment for the House for the day after the debate. However, since the Chair did not commit anything on this demand the slogan shouting continued.After three adjournments, the debate finally began with Khadse initiating it. He demanded judicial probe into the incident and compensation of Rs five lakh for the dead and 50,000 for the injured along with free medical treatment. He also accused police of damaging vehicles of protesters.

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