According to reports, a total of 33 FIRs have been registered on Monday, October 13 for enforcing Maharashtra bandh by staging rasta roko and taking out rallies across several districts in the state.
Apart from 33 FIRs, police detained protestors in 13 separate incidents of protests under the Maharashtra Police Act. Of which, Mumbai police had detained more than 200 persons during Maharashtra bandh called out by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government – Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP – in the state.
However, the protestors were released later. Even in the majority of FIRs, the police dispersed the protestors and said they will arrest them if needed later to avoid further chaos.
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Explaining further, the police said that the FIRs were registered against Shiv Sena workers, NCP workers and Congress workers for Rasta Roko and rallies at Nagpur city (seven FIRs), Navi Mumbai (seven FIRs), Mumbai (five FIRs), Kolhapur (five FIRs), Nashik city (four FIRs), two FIRs each in Thane city, Amravati city and one in Mira-Bhayandar.
In all 33 cases, only in one case at Thane Nagar police station in Thane city, Shiv Sena workers namely Prakash Payre, Girish Raje, Pawan Kadam, Kiran Nakti and Mahendra Madvi have been arrested for assaulting, threatening and abusing autorickshaw drivers, who plying customers.
Moreover, the FIRs were also registered under IPC for unlawful assembly and violation of COVID-19 guidelines and under the Maharashtra Police Act to prevent any public disorder or rioting.
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