The state government on Thursday told the Bombay high court that it will provide adequate police protection to the defunct India United Mills (Indu Mills) property at Dadar.
The state government on Thursday told the Bombay high court that it will provide adequate police protection to the defunct India United Mills (Indu Mills) property at Dadar to prevent any further encroachment of the land by political activists.
Members of the Republican Sena had forcibly entered the mill premises on December 6 last year demanding handing over of the entire 12.5acre land for the construction of a memorial of Dr BR Ambedkar.
“The state government will provide adequate security outside the mill land to ensure that no forcible possession is taken over by anyone as was done on December 6 last year,” additional government pleader GW Mattos informed the Bombay high court on Thursday.
A division bench of Justices DK Deshmukh and Anoop Mohta disposed of a petition filed by the National Textile Corporation (NTC), which owns the Indu Mills land.
The NTC had moved the HC seeking direction for the removal of encroachers from the mill land. The activist had entered the mill land and put up photos of Lord Buddha and a bust of Dr Ambedkar.
The activist had demanded that the central government allot the land to the state government for building a memorial of Dr Ambedkar. The state government swung into action only after the HC came down heavily on the state, saying it was spineless and was not fit to govern.
Republican Sena activists had vacated the mill land on December 30 after they got an assurance from the state government on the memorial. Recently, the Union government agreed to allot the mill land for the development of the memorial.
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