Bandra migrant gathering: Nine persons sent to police custody till 19th April

The police have sent nine persons to police custody till 19th April, in connection with the gathering in Bandra on 14th April.

In the first case, registered against the mob of around 800 to 1,000 persons for unlawful assembly, rioting, violation of prohibitory orders during the lockdown, nine persons were arrested on Wednesday.

More than 1,000 migrant workers had gathered outside the station in Bandra on Tuesday, demanding transport facility to go back to their hometowns, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the lockdown to May 3.