Tipu Sultan garden row FIRs against BJP leaders for protest
Mumbai Jan 27 PTI A day after BJP VHP and Bajrang Dal workers staged a protest against the naming of a public garden in suburban Malvani area for Tipu Sultan police on Thursday registered two FIRs against 51 personsBJP MP Gopal Shetty Mumbai BJP chief Mangal Prabhat Lodha and MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar were named in the FIRs among others said an officialThe protesters had opposed alleged naming of the garden after the 18th century Mysore ruler claiming that Tipu Sultan persecuted HindusBut Congress leader and Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh who inaugurated facilities at the renovated garden claimed that it had been named for Tipu Sultan many years agoThe FIRs alleged that protesters gathered illegally and assaulted police personnelPolice have pressed Epidemic Diseases Act and Disaster Management Act against the accused the official said adding further probe was on PTI DC KRK KRK
Mumbai Jan 27 PTI A day after BJP VHP and Bajrang Dal workers staged a protest against the naming of a public garden in suburban Malvani area for Tipu Sultan police on Thursday registered two FIRs against 51 personsBJP MP Gopal Shetty Mumbai BJP chief Mangal Prabhat Lodha and MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar were named in the FIRs among others said an officialThe protesters had opposed alleged naming of the garden after the 18th century Mysore ruler claiming that Tipu Sultan persecuted HindusBut Congress leader and Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh who inaugurated facilities at the renovated garden claimed that it had been named for Tipu Sultan many years agoThe FIRs alleged that protesters gathered illegally and assaulted police personnelPolice have pressed Epidemic Diseases Act and Disaster Management Act against the accused the official said adding further probe was on PTI DC KRK KRK
