Mumbai bandh: Cops will scour CCTV footage to book rioters, says CM Fadnavis

Motorcycles and other twowheelers damaged in the violence yesterday on LBS Marg in Vikhroli PicPradeep DhivarVarious parts of the state witnessed violence that left dozens wounded and public and private property damaged yesterday The process of registration of FIRs was underway in various districts as the police swung into action after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that those who indulged in violence would be brought to book after cops checked CCTV footageAlso read Mumbai bandh Public transport crippled as protesters bring city to a standstillA superintendent of police from the state DG office said Apart from some places in Mumbai majority of the violence was reported in Marathwada western Maharashtra Aurangabad and Nanded during Wednesdays bandhA senior officer said cops sustained minor injuries but avoided firing in the air to control the mob Adequate security arrangements were made mdash 30 SRPF companies have been deployed across the state with homeguards There will be bandobast through the night he added By Thursday morning we will get to know how many offences were registered in connection with violence during the bandhProtesters vandalised the car of journalist Ashwini PandayTwo police bikes set on fire 10 policemen injuredAs several parts of the city faced violence on Wednesday the situation in Powai became all the more critical around 330 pm when a mob allegedly burnt two police bikes near the LampT gate and started pelting stone at cops leaving 10 of them injured The police are scanning the CCTV footage of the areas from Powai to Vikhroli and Powai to Jogeshwari to identify those involved in the violence Several people were injured in the incident including policemen The process of registering FIRs is on said Navinchandra Reddy deputy commissioner of police zone XAsif RizviDrug mule trying to sneak in ganja arrestedTaking advantage of the tension that had gripped Mumbai since Tuesday a 23yearold Dhule resident tried to smuggle in 110 kg ganja into the city However he didnt know that AntiNarcotics Cell ANC officers already had a tipoff about him The accused Nitin Shegaonkar was arrested on Tuesday night and the consignment along with the Swift Dzire car in which he had tried to transport it seizedDCP ANC Shivdeep Lande said Usually criminals feel safe to work whenever there is police bandobast or a holiday Shegaonkar who was driving a car registered in his fathers name felt entering the city on Tuesday night would be ideal A Dhulebased drug peddler used to pay him Rs 2000 per kg of ganja delivered as per this Tuesdays delivery would have earned him Rs 220 lakhSuraj OjhaSeven journalists manhandledSeven journalists from different media organisations including three women were allegedly manhandled by protesters TV journalist Mrityunjay Singh told midday Around 11 am at Ramabai Nagar near Ghatkopar highway where protesters had blocked the road while I was covering the event a group came and verbally abused me They warned me to leave and threatened to destroy my cameraAshwini Panday another journalist also had a rough experience When I was covering the protest near Vikhroli Gandhi bridge protesters came and abused me I had parked my vehicle under the bridge Around 2 pm my driver called me and said they had vandalised the vehicle he saidSuraj OjhaLaying vehicles to wasteWHILE vehicles on citys roads were in harms way during Wednesdays protests those parked inside residential buildings werent spared either A mob vandalising vehicles parked parallel to the Vikhroli station on the western side Around 30 of them entered Saroj Bhavan building and damaged more than 15 vehicles parked there Santosh Wagh110 kg Quantity of the ganja accused tried to transportRs 220 lakh Money he would have made for transporting it100 No of protesters who damaged vehiclesCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news current affairs from Mumbai local news crime news and breaking headlines hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go