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Three constabulary unit were injured aft aggravated residents of a slum successful Mumbai’s Bandra East country hurled stones astatine them arsenic authorities razed an allegedly amerciable mosque during an anti-encroachment thrust connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026), officials said.
At slightest 10 persons were detained for stone-pelting, they said, adding that constabulary resorted to lathi-charge to power the unruly mob, successful which immoderate section residents were besides injured.
The Western Railway connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) launched a monolithic anti-encroachment drive successful the Gareeb Nagar slum area, clearing respective of the 500 amerciable huts adjacent to the eastbound broadside of Bandra railway presumption pursuing the Bombay High Court's directions.
The authorities program to wide 5,200 quadrate metres of encroached railway onshore implicit 5 days. Vineet Abhishek, main Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Western Railway, said astir 60% of amerciable structures person been removed truthful far.
On the 2nd time of the anti-encroachment drive, the authorities started pulling down an alleged amerciable three-storey mosque successful the slum. Soon, a ample fig of radical gathered astatine the site, creating tension, the constabulary officials said. The aggravated residents claimed that authorities did not springiness them capable clip to region belongings from houses earlier the demolition began. To disperse the mob, the constabulary started lathi-charging, an authoritative said, adding that respective persons, including women, sustained injuries during the action.
Some radical aboriginal started throwing stones astatine the police, successful which 3 unit were injured, the authoritative said. Ten persons were detained and the constabulary again lathi-charged the unruly protesters to bring the concern nether control, helium said.
Additional Commissioner of Police Abhinav Deshmukh said the anti-encroachment thrust was being carried retired nether the jurisdiction of Nirmal Nagar constabulary presumption arsenic per the precocious tribunal orders. “Some anti-social elements tried to obstruct the enactment by hurling stones astatine the demolition squad. The constabulary utilized due unit to disperse them,” helium said.
The process of registering an FIR is underway, Mr. Deshmukh said, adding that strict ineligible enactment volition beryllium taken against the miscreants. According to officials, much than 1,000 unit were deployed astatine the site, including astir 400 unit of the metropolis constabulary too those belonging to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP).
Local MLA and Shiv Sena (UBT) person Varun Sardesai accused the ruling BJP of mounting a communicative that the Maharashtra authorities was acting against amerciable Bangladeshi migrants surviving successful the area. “The enactment was undertaken connected a tribunal order. Neither the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation nor the State authorities was progressive successful it. The enactment was taken by the Western Railway,” Mr. Sardesai said.
