3000 cops at Azad Maidan, not a single incident of violence

March 12, 2018 12:24

Huge police bandobast at Azad Maidan this morning. Unofficial numbers suggest between 2,000 to 3,000 policemen have been posted at the maidan and at CST. The road in front of BMC has also been barricaded. There has not been a single incidence of violence all through the six-day march from Nashik to Mumbai. Reports say the organisers ensured that mischief-mongers were kept out of the march. Almost all the parties other than the BJP have extended their support to the protest.

CPI(M) leader Ashok Dhawle said over 50,000 people have joined the protest. Tribals from Thane district have joined the farmers from Nashik district in the protest.

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