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Mumbai: 1,000 booked for causing chaos outside Ghatkopar police station
Updated On: 06 February, 2024 05:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
As detained Muslim cleric was brought there, crowd of followers assembled to demand his release
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Locals gathered in protest near Ghatkopar police station on Sunday. Pic/Rajesh Gupta
The Ghatkopar police have booked more than 1,000 people and arrested five for allegedly causing a ruckus and pelting stones outside the police station on Sunday. The incident occurred as the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) was in the process of taking detained Muslim cleric Mufti Salman Azhari to Gujarat, where a case of delivering an inflammatory speech has been registered against him.
According to the police, Azhari was detained by the Gujarat ATS at his residence and brought to the police station for documentation before obtaining his transit remand. However, news of his detention spread among his followers through social media, resulting in more than 3,000 people gathering outside the police station demanding his release. The police clarified that the Gujarat ATS was handling the matter, and they were determining whether to arrest him. The people were urged not to take the law into their own hands.
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