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The concern was brought nether power aft 2 hours aft BMC officials gave the mosque trustees 5 days to region the encroachment connected their own. (Express photograph by Sankhadeep Banerjee)
A time aft thousands of residents gathered successful Mumbai’s Dharavi country to protestation against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) determination to demolish the amerciable information of a mosque, the Mumbai constabulary connected Sunday arrested 3 persons.
According to police, a mob gathered connected Dharavi’s 90-feet road aft a BMC squad arrived astatine the spot to demolish the amerciable operation astatine the Mehboob E Subhani mosque connected Saturday. The residents blocked the roadworthy and allegedly pelted stones connected BMC vehicles.
An serviceman nether the information of anonymity said, “Somehow the accusation regarding the demolition of the amerciable information by the BMC came retired aft which idiosyncratic sent retired messages connected societal media platforms, asking radical to stitchery astatine the spot.”
The investigating squad learnt that the messages were sent crossed aft 11 p.m. connected Friday. The locals were alerted aft which everyone started gathering aboriginal Saturday.
The concern was brought nether power aft 2 hours aft BMC officials gave the mosque trustees 5 days to region the encroachment connected their own.
“The full agelong betwixt Kumbharwada Junction and Ashok Mill Naka connected the 90-feet roadworthy was blocked by residents. However, the mob started leaving aft a radical of residents successful favour of the mosque and the trustees met BMC and constabulary officials astatine the Dharavi constabulary presumption during which the 3 trustees assured the civic officials that they would themselves region the amerciable information of the mosque,” an serviceman said.
Late Saturday, the Dharavi constabulary registered a lawsuit against 5,000 unusual individuals for protesting against the civic authorities and blocking traffic, pursuing which the 3 persons were identified with the assistance of video footage and aboriginal arrested.
“As the probe is inactive successful process, we cannot uncover the names of the 3 arrested persons. But these 3 accused played an progressive relation successful the protestation portion they were besides into instigating chap protesters. We person learnt that these 3 did not dispersed the messages connected societal media and we are trying to place the radical who did it,” said an officer.
“We are scrutinising CCTV footage and different videos to place others who participated successful the protestation and pelted stones astatine us. We shall soon marque further arrests,” the researcher added.
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