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VOL 6. ISSUE 2 | MONDAY 10 JULY, 2017

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Police clash with residents over housing dispute

Policemen clash with residents in Mumbai on 01 June 2017. A civic action to cut off electricity and water supply was scheduled on 25 dilapidated buildings in Sion Koliwada area, a locality in Mumbai. The residents had gathered on the street to protest against the BMC’s (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) notice. Karma Bhutia/Mumbai Weekly Over one thousand residents of Punjabi Colony in Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, near Sion Koliwada, had came on streets on 01 June 2017. The residents had got notices from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the civic body which governs Mumbai. The notices contained schedule of civic action of cutting off electricity and water supply for twenty five dilapidated buildings. The residents took to the streets to prevent the officials of BMC from cutting power and water sup-

ply. Around 9 am, Additional Municipal Commissioner Keshav Ubale of F-North ward, along with a dozen civic officials and close to fifty policemen, arrived in the area accompanied by four cranes and bulldozers. The officials, however, met with staunch opposition from residents who tried to deter them from proceeding. The protesters, both men and women, raised anti -BMC slogans and demanded justice. Since the court had earlier asked residents to submit an undertaking indemnifying the

BMC and state in case the buildings collapsed, some of the locals visited the BMC office with a signed undertaking. However, the BMC refused to stall the action till the undertaking was presented in the court and it ordered a stay. Since residents were unable to submit the undertaking to the court, officials started preparing for the task at hand. But by afternoon, near thousand locals had gathered and more cops had to be called to maintain law and order. The protest, which had

been non-violent since morning, quickly took a u-turn after a lathi charge by eighty to hundred policemen. “A handful miscreants had started threatening the civic officials. When they began provoking others and the situation seemed to be going out of control, we had to resort to lathi charge,” a constable who was on the spot told Local Press Co on the condition of anonymity. The residents, however, claim that the lathicharge was completely uncalled for. (Contd on Pg 3)

1993 bomb blast convict dies of cardiac arrest Mustafa Dossa, 1993 bomb blast convict, died of a cardiac arrest on 28 June 2017 at JJ Hospital in South Mumbai. He was convicted for his role in the 1993 bomb blasts in Mumbai twelve days ago. According to media reports, Dossa complained of chest pain around 3 am. After the resident doctor at Arthur road checked him and he was rushed to JJ Hospital. As per media reports, he was anxious since his conviction.

Body of Mustafa Dossa, prime convinct of 1993 Mumbai serial blast, who died of cardiac arrest gets taken out from an ambulance inside a graveyard for burial in Mumbai on 29 June 2017. CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) prosecutor sought death penalty for Dossa to conclude punishment for blast convicts on 27 June 2017. Chitral Khambhati/Mumbai Weekly.

A man beseeches the policemen during the protest against civic action to cut off electricity and water supply in Mumbai on 01 June 2017. Ragul Krishnan/Mumbai Weekly

Jail staff hit me : Indrani Mukerjea Indrani Mukerjea informed the court on 28 June 2017 that she was threatened by Byculla jail officials, including the superintendent of prison, after she came forward as a witness in the alleged murder of inmate Majula Shetye. Mukerjea was taken to JJ Hospital. According to medical officer, she suffered four bruises. According to media reports, the crime will be investigated by crime branch. Jail authorIndrani Mukerjea, accused of alleged murder of her daughter Sheena Boities will only investigate ra, gets escorted by police after medical examination at J J Hospital in the circumstances. Mumbai on 28 June 2017. Chitral Khambhati/Mumbai Weekly.


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