Something happened in Vasai today, there was a rally organized by MLA Vivek Pandit for ‘awarding’ the Vasai Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Deepak Devraj for using the in humane lathi charge to control the crowd a few days ago when Vivek Pandit was on an indefinite hunger strike to protest against the inclusion of 53 villages in the Virar-Vasai Municipal Corporation (VVMC) as I mentioned in my last post.
There was no Police presence, nor was there any Government official present for the rally. As per the rules, there needs to be atleast 1 Police person per 1000 people in a lawful gathering along with a collector or a deputy collector for large gatherings.
Approximately 1500-2000 strong gathering gathered in front of the Navghar Manickpur Nagar Parishad office near Vasai Road Railway Station with Vivek Pandit addressing the crowd asking them to form a queue. He asked each and every one to refrain from using any kind of voilence or show any bouts of anger over the public or the authorities.
The crowd moved slowly to the small road in front of Vartak College, where a makeshift stage was ready with Vivek Pandit asking the crowd to sit down and maintain silence. He then went on to speak of the entire episode of how things fell apart on Friday, the 5th of March and how in humane the police were in ruthlessly hitting the gathering at Vasai.
There were more testimonies from those who suffered from the police brutality and then there was this guy (I’ll get the name for sure) who was carried to the stage, the police had hit so hard on his legs that he is unable to stand, forget walking.
The MLA promised that the next session of the Maharashtra assembly starting on the 18th of March will see only Vasai being discussed. Ram Kadam, the MLA from Maharashtra NavNirman Sena (MNS) was there to affirm that.
