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)
Updated On: 2023-07-31 09:18 PM IST
Compiled by : Anagha Sawant
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
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
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
