Mumbai: Vinay Dubey arrested for alleged involvement in Bandra migrant agitation

In latest development, Vinay Dubey,  man who h allegedly incited migrant agitation against Coronavirus lockdown in Mumbai has been arrested by Mumbai Police. Vinay Dubey was detained by  Mumbai Police yesterday after a Facebook post was found wherein Dubey h issued an open call to migrants to agitate against Government. He has w been arrested and booked under Sections 117, 153 A, 188, 269, 270 and 505 (2) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 3 of Epidemic Diseases Act and would be produced before a local court later today.

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In video posted on Facebook, which has w been taken down, Dubey urged migrants to gar at Kurla's Lokmanya Tilak Terminus before April 18 to press for a demand to government to arrange transportation facility for migrant workers to return to ir native state.

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Chaos in Bandra

In a shocking incident on Tuesday, over thousands of migrant workers in Mumbai gared near Bandra station allegedly demanding to go back to ir respective hometown as Prime Minister extended Coronavirus lockdown. Flouting social distancing morns amid COVID-19 pandemic, huge crowd by migrants was dispersed almost after 45 minutes of ir garing. police even h to resort to lathi-charge to clear area. 

Mumbai has been a hotspot of Coronavirus as financial capital of country has so far reported 1753 cases. Maharashtra which has been worst-hit case across country has witnessed 2,337 positive cases and 160 deaths while 229 have recovered from COVID-19 in state. 

(With ncy Inputs)

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