Mumbai mayor manhandles woman; video goes viral

NPnews24 Online Mumbai: The Mayor of Mumbai Vishwanath Mahadeshwar is in trouble as a video clip showed him purportedly manhandling a woman who protesting in Santacruz area of Mumbai. The incident has triggered demands for booking the mayor for molestation.

Make his resign or sack him!

Mayor of Mumbai Vishwanath Mahadeshwar manhandled a woman when he had gone to visit a family of the mother-son duo electrocuted in Santacruz. In the video here is seen twisting her hand & saying, "Don't act smart, you don't know who I am." @ShivSena pic.twitter.com/6cArPhu7lp

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Mahadeshwar has denied that he manhandled anybody and rather blamed MNS workers for the incident.
In the video, the mayor, who is from Shiv Sena, can be seen being heckled by some locals who were upset over gwater-logging issues and havoc caused by heavy rains.

The locals were angry over the death of a woman and her son due to electrocution at their house.
In the clip, a woman can be heard questioning Mahadeshwar why he or any other public representative was not around when the people required their help. To which, Mahadeshwar told them he had visited hospital.

As another woman asked him something, a visibly angry mayor is seen twisting her hand and saying in Marathi, “Don’t try to be smart with me. You don’t know who I am.”

Expressing anguish, state unit Congress working president Yashomati Thakur demanded a case of molestation be registered against the mayor.

“Mahadeshwar threatening a woman has evoked anger. It shows the power has made him arrogant. A case of molestation should be registered against him,” she said.

Meanwhile, Mahadeshwar said that some workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had deliberately tried to stop him from visiting the place.

“The women MNS workers tried to block our way with their hands. Our workers turned their hands away and we left. We didn’t molest anyone, twist anybody’s hand or commit any wrong. There are people who deliberately make such allegations….I just asked them not to act smart,” he added.