Bandra incident: Congress' Ashok Chavan pins blame on internal communication of Railways

dressing a press briefing on Wednesday, senior Congress leer and Maharashtra PWD Minister Ashok Chavan blamed internal communication of Railways for causing panic among migrant workers leing to Bandra incident. He quoted letter written by Chief Commercial Manr, South Central Railway. He contended that it was very difficult to control crowd. Terming this incident as "very serious", Chavan opined that a department of Union government should t have issued such a letter. 

Ashok Chavan remarked, "As far as Bandra station matter is concerned where a crowd gared, I want to tell that I have a letter dated April 13 written by  Chief Commercial Manr, South Central Railway. It has been written- During video conference held on April 13, it is decided to run Jansharan trains for clearing special passengers- migrant labour of unreserved segment. This news went viral that trains are going to run from April 14 despite PM's anuncement. People gared and it was very difficult to control crowd. It is natural that a department of government should t issue such a letter. incident in Mumbai was very serious."

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Bandra incident

More than a thousand persons gared near Bandra Railway station in Mumbai on Tuesday afteron flouting social distancing rms of nationwide lockdown. According to former AIMIM MLA Waris Pathan, persons were migrant workers who std a protest demanding permission to return to ir hometown. y allegedly assembled after rumours spre about possibility of commencement of trains. Reportedly, a journalist of a regional news channel misinterpreted an internal communication of Railways and reported that special trains for migrants would be run.

re was also an attempt to arrange ration for people who h gared. However, as chaos persisted, police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse crowd. Taking cognizance of incident, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Subsequently, latter reassured migrant workers in his dress and cautioned against politicisation of incident.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Police registered an FIR in this matter against 800-1000 unkwn accused persons. Sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 149, 186(obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions), 188 (disobedience to order promulgated by public servant) of Indian Penal Code and Section 3 (disobeying order under this Act) of Epidemic Act have been invoked. ditionally, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh promised strict action against those indulged in rumour-mongering. On Wednesday, television journalist who allegedly gave incorrect report regarding commencement of trains was detained.

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