Acting swiftly in the wake of huge gathering of migrant workers in Bandra, the Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested a youth for posts on social media platforms and booked a TV journalist.
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As the probe by the Bandra police station and cyber wing progressed, new facts, like a viral video, are emerging that suggest the incident could be a conspiracy.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered a thorough probe into the incident.
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The youth, Vinay Dubey, a social activist from Airoli in Navi Mumbai was arrested and brought to Mumbai. "He was been remanded to police custody till 21 April," Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhishek Trimukhe said.
An Osmanabad-based journalist with a Marathi news channel has also been booked.
The Bandra police station has filed three FIRs in connection with the incident.
Dubey was booked under Section 143 (Whoever is a member of an unlawful assembly), 147 (punishment for rioting), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Besides, Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act has also been invoked against them.
The journalist has been booked for airing a report that suggested trains would run to carry stranded migrant workers home.
Meanwhile, state BJP Vice President Kirit Somaiya demanded a probe into the viral video that suggested a conspiracy - and wrote to Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh.
"I have sent a video, which seems genuine, I received from a reliable source, to Mumbai police Commissioner and Home Secretary. According to the video, yesterday's Bandra Incident was a planned event. I wrote letter requesting investigation," he said.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said he has ordered an investigation into the rumour that claimed trains to take migrants back home. "Those found guilty of sparking such rumours will be dealt severely invoking the fullest force of law," he said.