Overview
- Azad Maidan police registered a case naming six, including MNS’s Bala Nandgaonkar and Shiv Sena (UBT) members, for allegedly violating prohibitory orders during the ‘Satyacha Morcha’.
- The FIR lists Bala Nandgaonkar, Baban Mahadik, Arvind Gawade, Santosh Shinde, Baban Gharat, and Jaywant Naik as accused.
- Charges were filed under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with sections 37(3) and 135 of the Bombay Police Act for unlawful assembly and disobedience of orders.
- Police say organisers lacked permission under a prohibitory order, while the rally drew senior leaders Raj Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and Congress figures.
- Turnout figures are disputed, with police citing more than 10,000 participants and another report estimating 20,000–25,000, as DB Marg police separately booked over 100 unidentified people linked to a BJP supporters’ protest in Girgaon.