Overview

• Protesters from both Shiv Sena factions tried to breach police cordons to reach the hilltop Durga temple during Eid ul-Azha prayers.
• Police deployed officers at Lal Chowki and Shivaji Chowk, set up roadblocks and maintained barricades to keep agitators at the fort’s base.
• Dozens of activists were detained for violating Section 144, and vehicular movement was rerouted away from the sealed precincts.
• Shinde and Thackeray supporters led bell-ringing demonstrations, chanting calls to "free Durgadi Fort" from prayer restrictions.
• Control of the mosque and Idgah inside the fort has been contested since a 1976 suit, with a 2024 court ruling siding with the Maharashtra government.