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Cops shunt protestors from Gateway to Azad Maidan
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Mumbai, Jan 7 (TIWN) The Mumbai Police on Tuesday cleared thousands of protestors and activists -- who gathered to condemn the attacks in the JNU campus late on Sunday -- from the iconic Gateway of India, and shunted them to Azad Maidan, a top official said here.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone I) Sangram Singh Nishandar led a police team to the Gateway of India and requested the protestors, who occupied the area since Sunday midnight to vacate and go to the Azad Maidan, around 2 km away, but they refused to comply.
"The protest here is causing inconvenience to the people, office-going commuters, tourists... Plus, there are no water and toilet facilities here. So we have 'relocated' them to Azad Maidan which is better equipped for such mass gatherings," DCP Nishandar told the media.
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