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Police successful Kalyan banned carnal sacrifice wrong the premises of respective lodging societies connected Thursday (May 28, 2026), a determination that drew displeasure from Muslim residents.
Separately, authorities detained a BJP corporator pursuing protests by Shiv Sena factions implicit temple introduction restrictions astatine the historical Durgadi Fort during Bakri Eid prayers. In Pandharpur, the Muslim assemblage decided to defer goat sacrifice by a fewer days to debar coinciding with Ekadashi. Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut criticised what helium called attempts to make communal tension.
In Kalyan’s Patripool area, constabulary issued instructions against sacrificing goats successful nine premises oregon wrong homes. Security unit were deployed astatine the entrances of Sarvodaya Shristi, Raheja and immoderate different societies. Access was constricted to residents only.
Muslim residents, who said they had performed the sacrifice successful the aforesaid premises for years without incident, expressed displeasure. One nonmigratory said the goats were purchased from farmers and the nutrient distributed to the poor, adding that the sacrifice indispensable beryllium completed wrong a three-day period. Another nonmigratory said they returned from prayers to find constabulary barricades and cages successful the nine premises, and that the constabulary beingness made them consciousness arsenic if they had committed an offence.
The constabulary stated that the measures were taken due to the fact that citizens from the Hindu assemblage successful galore Mumbai-area societies had opposed carnal sacrifice by Muslim residents successful shared premises and houses, and authorities wanted to forestall immoderate deterioration of the societal atmosphere.
In a related improvement successful Kalyan, constabulary detained BJP corporator Mahesh Patil connected Thursday (May 28, 2026) aft members of Shiv Sena (UBT) and Shiv Sena protested against restrictions connected introduction to a temple wrong the Durgadi Fort analyzable during Bakri Eid prayers. Barricades were placed connected 3 roads starring to the fort, and a ample constabulary unit was deployed successful the Lal Chowki area. The fort analyzable houses a temple and a mosque successful adjacent proximity.
According to police, the temple remained closed for astir 30 minutes during the Bakri Eid prayers connected Thursday greeting (May 28, 2026). Workers from some Sena factions opposed the restrictions and demanded introduction to the temple during the supplication period.
Members of the UBT Sena, led by Vijay Salvi, held a objection and performed a maha aarti and bell-ringing protest. After the prayers ended, immoderate members of the Muslim assemblage raised slogans, portion groups from Hindu organisations recited the Hanuman Chalisa adjacent the area. Mahesh Patil had warned the medication against allowing namaz connected roads and restricting Hindu devotees’ introduction to the temple, saying BJP workers would recite the Hanuman Chalisa and Durga Stotra if introduction was blocked.
The Durgadi Fort contented has remained politically delicate successful Kalyan for decades and is linked to precocious Shiv Sena person Anand Dighe, the governmental mentor of Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. In 1986, Dighe had launched a ‘Ghantanaad’ agitation against alleged restrictions connected Hindu devotees during Eid prayers astatine the fort.
