Two hurt & 25 vehicles vandalized in Ram Navami flare-up in Mumbai
12 Apr 2022 14:50:11
Mumbai, April 12: Two persons suffered minor injuries and 25-30 vehicles were vandalised after a flare-up between two communities near Mhada colony in Mankhurd over a Ram Navami procession. The Mankhurd police have registered two FIRs against members of both groups and arrested seven persons.
Police said that senior inspectors of Mankhurd police station Mahadev Koli and K Kharat acted swiftly and called additional forces. Police reached the spot and detained a few persons and the situation was brought under control, said an officer.
Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey, joint commissioner of police (law and order) Vishwas Nangre Patil visited the spot on Monday.
According to police, the incident took place late on Sunday night when a group of youths were returning home from a Ram Navami procession chanting 'Jai Shri Ram.' Police said that when they passed through a minority-dominated area, some locals objected, and an argument and fight broke out between the two groups.
Police said that after the fracas, the youths from the procession went away and returned with 40-45 persons, but seeing that the rival group had gone away, the crowd of 40-45 persons vandalized vehicles, including cars, autorickshaws and tempos.
Police said that senior inspectors of Mankhurd police station Mahadev Koli and K Kharat acted swiftly and called additional forces. Police reached the spot and detained a few persons and the situation was brought under control, said an officer.
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Police urged people not to believe in rumours and fake videos circulated on social media, the officer said. Heavy police bandobast and two platoons of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) have been deployed in the vicinity.
Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey, joint commissioner of police (law and order) Vishwas Nangre Patil visited the spot on Monday.