Migrants crowd at Bandra station, demand transport to return home, police resort to lathicharge
Mumbai: In a shocking development, around 3,000-plus stranded migrants from different parts of India crowded near the Bandra railway station Tuesday, demanding that they be provided with transportation facilities to return to their native places immediately.
The Mumbai Police, which attempted to cajole them from gathering in such huge numbers, resorted to a mild lathi charge when sections of the restive crowd seemed to be going out of control.
The migrants demanded that they could not continue to live here away from their homes or families in different parts of India with the nationwide lockdown getting extended till May 3 on Tuesday.
After announcing #Lockdown2 1000s of people gathered at #Bandra as they want to go back home.
Stranded laborers of other states are protesting on the streets because they have no food and no proper place to stay..#SendUsBackHome pic.twitter.com/sqA8Q5FlNB— Sumra (@Sumra_Tweets) April 14, 2020
They asked the police to make arrangements for suitable transportation facilities to enable them to go to their respective towns and villages.
Thousands of migrants gather in Mumbai’s Banda seeking a way back home
Even after 3 weeks into the lockdown, why is the govt. not being able to take care of it’s people?
Moreover, they are beaten up by the police#Bandra #Lockdown2 pic.twitter.com/x8sgWZmk7z— We The People of India (@ThePeopleOfIN) April 14, 2020
A large posse of police was on the site to bring the crowd under control even as videos of the incident went viral on social media.
IANS
