Vada-pav Hawker’s Dadagiri!

Mulundkars are already agitated by the menace of hawkers but, in a bizarre incident, when a lady protested against a hawker for selling Vada-pav outside her building, the hawker and his entire family barged into her house and brutally assaulted the lady and her senior citizen parents!! The ‘dadagiri’ of the hawker has made Mulundkars more agitated!!

According to reports, the victim, Mahalaxmi Ramani, a resident of Mahaparishad Trust Building in Mulund West, makes her living by driving an autorickshaw. Outside her building, the accused, Raj Sonalila, used to do the illegal business of selling vada-pav. Informing the police, Mahalaxmi said, “All the residents of the building were having problem as the accused used to cook vadas in the building premises and this was dangerous to the lives of the residents.  Hence, I requested him many times to stop cooking in the building, but he kept silent and ignored.”

She informed, “However, on December 9, 2018 Sunday evening, to my utter dismay, Raj along with his family members Anil Sonalila, Pratima Sonalila and Palak Sonalila, barged into my house and started abusing me. When I protested, they assaulted not only me but even my elderly parents. The cruel assaulters not even showed pity on my senior citizen parents who are deaf and dumb!”
Soon after the incident, the local residents alerted the police who reached the spot and arrested all the four members of the Sonalila family.

Local residents told Home Times, “We all were annoyed by the ‘dadagiri’ of the Sonalila family. Hence, we had made many complaints to the police and BMC T-Ward. But, the administrations did not take any strong action, hence this encouraged the accused and this ugly incident happened!” 


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I had requested Raj Sonalila many times to not do business at night and stop cooking vadas in the building premises as it was dangerous to the lives of the building residents. But, Raj and his family tried to shut my mouth by assaulting me and my poor old parents!! Many residents in the building are against him, hence now we demand that both BMC and police must stop his illegal business in our building.”
– Mahalaxmi Ramani, victim 

“We have received the complaint and have arrested all the 4 accused. We have also warned the Sonalila family to stop doing the illegal business of vada-pav in the building premises.
– Mulund Police 

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