Sonu Sood stopped outside Bandra Terminus from meeting migrant workers

Actor Sonu Sood, who has organized dozens of buses for stranded migrants and at least two flights to various destinations in India, was stopped outside the Bandra Terminus by police from meeting labourers.

A Mumbai Police official said the actor was stopped by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) when he reached the station on Monday night to meet some labourers, and added that they have not received any complaint so far in this connection.

The migrant labourers were supposed to take the Shramik Special train from Bandra Terminus to Uttar Pradesh.

Nirmal Nagar police station''s senior inspector Shashikant Bhandare said, "The actor were stopped by the RPF, not by us. He wanted to meet labourers who were going to their native place. We have not received any complaint regarding this till now."

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday wondered whether the BJP propped up Sood to "offer help" to migrant workers from north India stranded in Maharashtra amidst the lockdown, with the political motive to show the Uddhav Thackeray government in poor light.

However, later that day Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray lauded Sood''s initiative to arrange buses for stranded migrant workers.