The misinformation resulted in a large crowd of migrant workers gathering outside the Bandra station
MUMBAI: A political activist, a journalist from a news channel, nine migrant workers and two other men from Kamothe were arrested on Wednesday for triggering chaos at Bandra railway station on Tuesday evening by giving out false information about movement of long-distance trains.
More than 1,500 migrants had gathered at the railway station, demanding that they be sent back to their homes in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand in view of the extended lockdown and were lathi-charged by police before they dispersed.
Late Tuesday evening, police had filed FIRs against Vinay Dubey, a political worker, and Rahul Kulkarni, a journalist from ABP Majha. Dubey was picked up on Tuesday night from his Airoli residence and arrested early on Wednesday for instigating migrants to gather at stations to board trains. He had put up several videos urging migrants to reach Kurla’s Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on April 18 and said he would help them get home. He had also asked workers to protest against the government for not facilitating their movement.
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