Overview
- Tension broke out when eggs were allegedly thrown at the Mazgaoncha Morya Ganpati arrival procession, prompting a crowd confrontation on Sunday night and a heavy police deployment to restore order.
- Byculla police formed multiple teams, reviewed CCTV and technical evidence, and used local intelligence to trace and arrest 22-year-old delivery worker Danish Sher Khan within about 36 hours of the incident.
- Police say Sher Khan told investigators he was delivering eggs to a building on Rambhau Bhogle Marg and threw them after smoke from firecrackers irritated his eyes; his statement is part of an ongoing probe.
- Sher Khan has been booked under Sections 299 and 196 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which cover deliberate acts to outrage religious feelings and promoting enmity, and the case remains under active investigation.
- The episode adds to festival safety concerns after a Bhuleshwar Ganesh idol collapse that killed two people and recalls a 2022 egg-throwing case, putting procession routes and crowd management under closer scrutiny ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi.