Mob lathicharged at Lalu function in Mumbai

Mumbai, July 7 (UNI) Security personnel today lathicharged a crowd that thronged a function held by Western Railway at Borivali station where Railway Minister Lalu Prasad had come to inaugurate the additional lines between Borivali and Virar.

Mr Prasad inaugurated the third and fourth railway track between Borivli and Virar.

But as soon as he was about to leave, the crowd that had gathered along the railway tracks to catch a glimpse of the charismatic political personality, jostled and pushed one another to get close to Mr Prasad, forcing the policemen to lathicharge them.

Two persons, including one Railways Protection Force (RPF) personnel, sustained minor injuries in the subsequent stampede.

Ironically, a short while before the police took to batons, the Railway Minister, while refering to the rehabilitation of the people living along the railway tracks, had categorically stated that the UPA government did not believe in the forceful eviction of the people, and that his government did not believe in the rule by baton.

UNI