COVID19: Mumbai Police detains a man over Bandra migrant worker incident

Apr 15, 2020

Mumbai, Apr 15 (ANI): The Mumbai Police has detained Vinay Dubey, who allegedly set off rumours that led to hundreds of migrants flooding the Bandra West area. The accused was detained in Airoli on Tuesday (April 14). The police suspect Vinay Dubey’s social media messages contributed to the protest by more than 1,000 migrant workers, most of them from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, near suburban Bandra railway station. Amid coronavirus lockdown, a large group of migrant labourers gathered in Mumbai’s Bandra, seeking for permission to return to their native states on April 14. Later, they were dispersed after police and local leaders intervened and asked them to vacate the place. A total of 2337 positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in Maharashtra, which is highest in any Indian state.