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IN PHOTOS: Mumbai Congress workers detained during candle march against Manipur violence

Updated On: 31 July, 2023 09:18 PM IST | Anagha Sawant

Congress leaders and workers were detained by the police while staging a candle march at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on Monday to condemn the Union government's alleged inaction on violence against women in strife-torn Manipur. see pics (Photo/Sameer Markande)  

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Congress leaders and workers were detained by Mumbai Police (Pic/Sameer Markande)

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Congress leaders and workers were detained by Mumbai Police (Pic/Sameer Markande)
Around 300 Congress workers participated in the march organised by the Mumbai Congress Committee in front of CSMT, an official said  

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Around 300 Congress workers participated in the march organised by the Mumbai Congress Committee in front of CSMT, an official said

 

The candle march was led by the Congress party's Mumbai unit chief Varsha Gaikwad  

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The candle march was led by the Congress party's Mumbai unit chief Varsha Gaikwad

 

Personnel from Azad Maidan police station stopped the march and detained more than 60 leaders and workers  

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Personnel from Azad Maidan police station stopped the march and detained more than 60 leaders and workers

 

Protestors raised slogans against the Union government for its alleged inaction over the incident in Manipur, where two women were paraded naked and sexually assaulted by a mob on May 3  

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Protestors raised slogans against the Union government for its alleged inaction over the incident in Manipur, where two women were paraded naked and sexually assaulted by a mob on May 3

 

Mumbai Police banned the Congress party workers from taking out the candle march from Radio Club to Gateway of India due to which the party workers staged a dharna in front of the Congress office near CSMT station  

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Mumbai Police banned the Congress party workers from taking out the candle march from Radio Club to Gateway of India due to which the party workers staged a dharna in front of the Congress office near CSMT station

 

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