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FIR against 10 hawkers for attacking BMC team in Dahisar
Dahisar police have registered an FIR against 10 hawkers for allegedly assaulting a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) team carrying out an anti-encroachment drive. The complaint was filed by Vinayak Kahandal, a BMC…
Dahisar police have registered an FIR against 10 hawkers for allegedly assaulting a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) team carrying out an anti-encroachment drive. The complaint was filed by Vinayak Kahandal, a BMC staffer from R-North Ward.
The incident occurred at 6 pm on Tuesday in Ketkipada, Dahisar East. Kahandal and four colleagues were loading unauthorised handcarts, vegetable crates and wares into a BMC vehicle when a 42-year-old hawker, identified as Premaram Chaudhary, and eight to nine others entered the vehicle, abused the staff and removed the goods. Chaudhary was detained and taken to Dahisar police station, while the rest fled.
A case has been registered under Indian Penal Code sections for assaulting public servants on duty. Police are searching for the remaining accused.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Mumbai's street vending is governed by the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, which requires local authorities to designate vending zones and issue certificates to eligible hawkers. Where such zones and certificates do not exist, all vending is technically unauthorised, putting both vendors and enforcement staff in a grey area. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) carries out regular anti-encroachment drives, but clashes of this kind are common because many hawkers have no legal alternative. The police investigation will now determine whether the eight unidentified suspects are also charged, and the BMC will likely continue its drive. The next concrete signal to watch is whether the arrested hawker is produced in court and what the magistrate's order says about the BMC's procedure, which can set a precedent for future enforcement in Dahisar.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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