The Palghar police issued preventive notices under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), section 149, to well known poet and author Simon Martin, and many other activists and social workers from Vasai, due to the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. While the notices sent on Sunday created an uproar, the police have said they will take them back. However, the author and activists have alleged that the police have not done so.

Marcus Dabre shows the notice sent to him by the police. Pics/Hanif Patel