The city witnessed a second consecutive day of disruption on Friday as the ongoing Maratha Morcha descended into chaos, throwing life in South and Central Mumbai completely off-kilter. Massive crowds thronged the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and adjoining areas, paralysing the city’s transport and road networks for several hours, and leaving lakhs of commuters stranded and frustrated.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Mumbai Police stepped in to escort female commuters out of the station as protestors misbehaved, danced, and yelled on railway premises. “In the last eight to nine years of travel by Central Railway, I have never seen such misbehaviour, requiring female commuters to be escorted out of the station. Such indecent behaviour should not be tolerated. We understand that they are underprivileged and want to protest. But this is not how one should demand for justice — by disrupting someone’s daily life unnecessarily,” said Disha Lalwani, who was traveling from Ghatkopar to CSMT.