A day after several women seeking recruitment in the Mumbai fire brigade held a protest saying they were disqualified despite meeting the requirement, which led to a clash with the police, the civic body on Sunday said their applications were rejected because they neither reached the venue in time nor fulfilled the height criterion.

A video of the incident that occurred at the recruitment venue at Dahisar west on Saturday shows several angry women aspirants protesting at the site. They also tried to enter the examination centre premises forcibly, but the police lathi-charged them to control the situation.