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NGO demands release of locked Shivaji statue from railway custody
Updated On: 20 March, 2025 07:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Watchdog Foundation urges CM to act, threatens legal action. The appeal includes a copy of a 1999 Andheri Metropolitan Court order, where a similar case saw two Shivaji statues lying in police custody. The statue at Wadi Bunder is currently covered in green cloth and barricaded inside a temporary shed at the far end of a goods platform
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A life-size statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj remains locked in a shed at Wadi Bunder near Sandhurst Road
Reacting to mid-day’s front-page report, city-based NGO Watchdog Foundation has written to the chief minister of Maharashtra, demanding the release of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue from railway custody for rightful installation. The NGO has also threatened legal action if the statue is not salvaged.
mid-day had highlighted how a life-size statue of the 17th-century Maratha warrior has been locked in a shed at Wadi Bunder near Sandhurst Road due to lack of permissions.
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