MNS rally permission denied
Mira Bhayandar Zonal DCP transferred days after commissioner moved out
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Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi will conduct a large-scale multi-state disaster preparedness mock drill on August 1.(Representational Image/Express Photo)The Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) Police is still facing repercussions for initially not allowing MNS party workers to carry out a protest march and detaining them, with the zonal DCP of the area being transferred. This comes days after the MBVV Police Commissioner too was transferred a day after the protests finally took place. The CM had then said he would check why permission had not been given for the rally.
As per a government order issued on Monday, DCP (zone 1) of MBVV, Prakash Gaikwad, was transferred to Nagpur State Intelligence Department. The Mira Bhayandar area where the rally eventually took place comes under zonal DCP Gaikwad. The order cited that the transfer had been carried out due to administrative reasons.
Last Monday, when the rally was to take place, CM Devendra Fadnavis had initially said he had been informed by the MBVV Police Commissioner that the permission was denied as protestors comprising primarily of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Shiv Sena (UBT) party workers and Marathi Ekikaran Samiti activists had refused to budge on the route they wanted to take.
However, by late evening, after the protests gathered momentum and was eventually allowed to go ahead, Fadnavis checked with senior officers as to why permission was not given to the protestors, hinting towards taking action against if the situation had not been handled well.
In an order issued by the Maharashtra Home Department on Tuesday, the commissioner was transferred to the DGP office as IG (Administration) and Kaushik, who was with the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), was named the new MBVV police commissioner.
Soon after protestors had gathered at Mira Road and were detained by the police on Monday, many complained that on July 3, a protest was carried out by traders protesting a local trader being slapped by MNS party workers over the issue of Marathi. When they asked permission for a ‘counter protest’, the permission had been denied.
Senior MBVV officers, however, had clarified that no permission had been given to the earlier rally as well and an FIR had been registered against the traders for carrying out the protest march without permission.
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