A luxury SUV reportedly belonging to a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) blocked the entry gates of Dadar East railway station for several hours on Thursday morning. The large car was parked on the side of the station that falls outside Swaminarayan temple and irked commuters entering and exiting the station but an alert citizen activist was unwilling to ignore the situation and got the MLA fined.

Citizen activist Ajit Rane, who witnessed the incident, said the vehicle — a Land Rover Defender — had been stationed near the BEST bus stop outside the station since around 9 am. “If a common man’s car had been parked there, it would have been fined or towed within minutes,” Rane said. “But when it comes to influential people, the rules suddenly don’t apply,” he posted on social media.