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Congress-BJP turf war shuts down Ghatkopar
Updated On: 10 January, 2013 06:33 AM IST | | Varun Singh
Traders were forced to shut shops following angry claims that local BJP MLA Prakash Mehta had sent his goons to beat up Congress supporter Ashok Bhanushali the night before, in the aftermath of a fight at a local sweet shop
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Ghatkopar (East) rendered itself as the unwilling arena for ego bouts played out between the BJP and the Congress in the past two days. But the choiceless audience the local shopkeepers were left to suffer the blows of the political fisticuffs exchanged in the central Mumbai suburb.
Cops were out in strength in Ghatkopar yesterday. Seen in the background is a poster in front of a sweet shop calling for a Ghatkopar bandh due to the incident. Pic/Shadab Khan
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