Case Against Hawker

Police have registered a case against 17 hawkers for allegedly attacking staff members of the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) during an anti-encroachment drive in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday.

A court here dismissed a motor accident claim petition and called the police officers who filed the case "ignorant of basic law" for filing an FIR against a fire tender driver at the complaint of an illegal hawker.

Accused Haribhau Hule, who threatened the civic team on October 18 after being asked to remove a stall he had set up, has not been arrested as yet, a Kasarvadavali police station official said.

The GRP in Mumbai has invoked the stringent MCOCA against a millionaire hawker accused of extortion, his wife and six other associates, and attached many of his properties, a police official said on Sunday.

A hawker, who used to mimick politicians while selling toys on trains, was arrested at Surat Railway station on Friday by Railway Protection Force (RPF).

Police have registered a case against 17 hawkers for allegedly attacking staff members of the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) during an anti-encroachment drive in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday.

A court here dismissed a motor accident claim petition and called the police officers who filed the case "ignorant of basic law" for filing an FIR against a fire tender driver at the complaint of an illegal hawker.

Accused Haribhau Hule, who threatened the civic team on October 18 after being asked to remove a stall he had set up, has not been arrested as yet, a Kasarvadavali police station official said.

The GRP in Mumbai has invoked the stringent MCOCA against a millionaire hawker accused of extortion, his wife and six other associates, and attached many of his properties, a police official said on Sunday.

A hawker, who used to mimick politicians while selling toys on trains, was arrested at Surat Railway station on Friday by Railway Protection Force (RPF).