Protestors detained at Dadar; protests at IIT-Bombay, TISS against Delhi violence
While the protestors had planned a peaceful gathering at Dadar's Chaityabhoomi, the final resting place of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, but were forced to move to Veer Kotwal Garden after the police barricaded the premises.
Representational Image MUMBAI: Close to 100 protestors were detained by the Shivaji Park Police on Wednesday evening at Veer Kotwal Garden where they were holding a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the victims of violence in Delhi.
While the protestors had planned a peaceful gathering at Dadar's Chaityabhoomi, the final resting place of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, but were forced to move to Veer Kotwal Garden after the police barricaded the premises. Despite a silent event, which did not cause any inconvenience to locals or the traffic, the police forcefully shut down the protest, said a statement released by the Joint Action Committee for Social Justice.
Earlier in the day, over 200 students, under the banner of IIT-Bombay for Justice, gathered for a peace march on their campus on Wednesday, to protest the communal pogrom in Delhi. Students and residents of the campus carried placards, stood silently and called for restoration of law and order in Delhi. The students sought strict action leaders inciting violence through their hate speeches. The march concluded with few participants addressing the gathering and observing two minutes silence as a mark of condolence for people who lost their lives in the violence.
TISS Students' Union, too, held a protest gathering on their campus on Tuesday night. On Wednesday they released a statement condemning the violence. "The students union is alarmed by the unprecedented rise of tension in Delhi and in particular the north-east regions," said the statement. They urged the AAP-led Delhi government to take robust stand against communal hate and growing polarisation and safeguard peace and harmony for the people of Delhi and the peaceful anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protests throughout the city.
While the protestors had planned a peaceful gathering at Dadar's Chaityabhoomi, the final resting place of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, but were forced to move to Veer Kotwal Garden after the police barricaded the premises. Despite a silent event, which did not cause any inconvenience to locals or the traffic, the police forcefully shut down the protest, said a statement released by the Joint Action Committee for Social Justice.
Earlier in the day, over 200 students, under the banner of IIT-Bombay for Justice, gathered for a peace march on their campus on Wednesday, to protest the communal pogrom in Delhi. Students and residents of the campus carried placards, stood silently and called for restoration of law and order in Delhi. The students sought strict action leaders inciting violence through their hate speeches. The march concluded with few participants addressing the gathering and observing two minutes silence as a mark of condolence for people who lost their lives in the violence.
TISS Students' Union, too, held a protest gathering on their campus on Tuesday night. On Wednesday they released a statement condemning the violence. "The students union is alarmed by the unprecedented rise of tension in Delhi and in particular the north-east regions," said the statement. They urged the AAP-led Delhi government to take robust stand against communal hate and growing polarisation and safeguard peace and harmony for the people of Delhi and the peaceful anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protests throughout the city.
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