Bandra Incident: Police Files 2 More FIRs, 1 Arrested

Mumbai Police on Wednesday registered two more FIRs in a case related to the spreading of rumours which led to migrant workers gathering outside Bandra railway station on Tuesday. One person has been arrested in connection with the case.

Thesecond FIR has been filed against a journalist of a Marathi news channel.

On Tuesday afternoon, Mumbai Police had to resort to force after a huge mob of migrant workers gathered outside Bandra police station asking the state to help them return to their native places. The incident happened after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an extended nationwide COVID-19 lockdown till May 3.

AnFIR was registered on Tuesday against 700 unidentified people at Bandra policestation.

One of the two new FIRs are against Vinay Dubey, aresident of Navi Mumbai, who uploaded a video on social media and asked migrantworkers from North India to gather at Kurla Terminus on April 18 to demand thatthey be sent back to their native place. Dubey – booked under sections 117,153(a), 188, 269, 270, 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 3 ofEpidemic Diseases Act – was arrested from Navi Mumbai late last night.

Theother FIR is against Rahul Kulkarni, a journalist with a Marathi news channel,for running a report stating that a special train will run for migrant workersto their native place, said Bandra police officials.

MumbaiPolice spokesperson and deputy commissioner of police Pranaya Ashok confirmedthat an FIR has been registered against Dubey and that he was arrested.