“We arrested Ram Kadam and his supporters and took them to the Khar police station,” an official said.
Bombay:
BJP MP Ram Kadam and his supporters were arrested in Mumbai on Wednesday as they planned to organize a march to Palghar for calling for a CBI investigation into the lynching of three people in April this year, an official said. of the police.
The Maharashtra Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is currently investigating the case. With placards and banners in hand, Ram Kadam supporters planned to travel to nearby Palghar to light diyas at the spot where two monks and their driver were lynched by a mob in April and demand an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). in the incident.
However, before Ram Kadam and his supporters could start their “Jan Aakrosh yatra”, police arrived near the MLA residence in Suburan Khar and he was detained, a senior police official said.
“We arrested MP Ram Kadam and his supporters and took them to Khar police station,” the official said.
Palghar Police Superintendent Dattatreya Shinde said Kasa district police had previously notified Ram Kadam of a ban, but despite this, he and his supporters tried to pursue the yatra, from where they were brought. detained in Mumbai.
Their visit could give rise to public order issues and disrupt the peace, which is why the notice was published, he said.
On April 16, two monks and their driver, who were driving to Surat from Mumbai by car, were beaten to death by a mob in Palghar village in Gadchinchlale, suspected of being herders.
More than 180 people have been arrested so far and 11 minors detained in connection with the incident, police said.
