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Aarey protests: Mumbai Police serve notices prohibiting unlawful assembly

Hundreds of protestors, including women and senior citizens, have been staging demonstrations with placards and "Save Aarey" banners. A few people were seen with placards appealing to the newly elected President Droupadi Murmu to intervene and save the forest area in the city.

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Aarey Colony. File Pic

Aarey Colony. File Pic

The Mumbai Police have started to serve notices under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to people gathering to stage demonstrations against the construction of the metro car shed at Aarey colony in Mumbai, an official said on Sunday, according to the PTI. The city police have started issuing notices under section 149 of the CrPC which prohibits unlawful gathering. Protestors have been demanding to shift the metro car shed from Aarey colony and have been protesting at venue in the western suburb of Goregaon.

Notices have been served to two protestors, Tabrez Sayyed and Jayesh Bhise, in the last two days warning them not to assemble unlawfully and violate the law, the official told the PTI.

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