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Mumbai Police Book Three Over Firecracker Fires at Pednekar Campaign Rally

Police are examining organiser liability following ignored warnings by workers.

Overview

  • An FIR at N. M. Joshi Marg police station names organiser Ramchandra Yesode/Yesade and workers Soham Sarwankar/Sarvankar and Omsai Pansare.
  • The incident occurred Saturday evening near the Govardhan Building during door-to-door campaigning for the BMC polls.
  • Aerial firecrackers allegedly violated rally conditions and ignited small fires at Irani Chawl and Govardhan Building, which the fire brigade extinguished.
  • A police constable’s complaint records 100–150 workers present and repeated warnings that two workers ignored.
  • Sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Maharashtra Police Act have been invoked, with possible additional charges pending the fire brigade’s report.