PHOTOS: Protests rise as molestation case registered against Jitendra Awhad

Angry NCP workers were seen protesting outside the Mumbra Police Station

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This was after a molestation case was registered against MLA Jitendra Awhad

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The case was registered at the Mumbra Police Station on the complaint of the BJP Mahila Morcha vice president Rida Asgar Rashid

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Rida alleged that she was assaulted by Awhad at an inauguration event where he grabbed her shoulders and pushed her aside

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BJP women workers were also seen protesting in Thane after the case was registered against Awhad

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'Police have filed two fake cases against me in the last 72 hours and that too under Section 354 of the IPC. This is the murder of democracy. I will fight. I have decided to resign from my MLA post' Awhad tweeted early on Monday

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The NCP leader also claimed that he was being targeted with 'false cases'

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Many shops in Mumbra have been reportedly shut due to this

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