Hundreds of Sakal Hindu Samaj activists gathered at Navale Bridge to hold a 'rasta roko' protest over the Hadapsar stone-hurling incident. Similar protests were organised by them at Hadapsar Gadital and Kiwale.
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Recently, a stone was hurled at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in the Sasane Nagar area, causing tension in the locality. Locals assembled in large numbers and handed over a memorandum to the police demanding the arrest of the culprit. Subsequently, a 25-year-old mentally deranged person was arrested under Section 295 (injuring or defiling a place of worship) of the Indian Penal Code, based on CCTV footage of the incident.
Meanwhile, the Sakal Hindu Samaj has demanded that a law be passed imposing a 10-year punishment for individuals who attempt to tarnish the social fabric of our society.