Mumbai: Congress workers detained during candle march against Manipur violence

In order to protest the Union government's alleged inactivity on violence against women in conflict-torn Manipur, more than 60 Congress leaders and supporters were held by the police while conducting a candle march at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in this city on Monday, an official said.

Around 300 Congress workers participated in the march organised by the Mumbai Congress Committee in front of CSMT around 7 pm, he said. The march was led by the party’s Mumbai unit chief Varsha Gaikwad, he said.

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