On the 4th day of Navratri, while the revel ers across city were busy upping thefes tive spirit, a group of goons at Vadaj was busy displaying their strengthto collect chanda (donation) by bashing two women. The women -Asha Dayama (32)and Sarla Kishori Tavar (40) -were beaten up by local goons for denying to payRs-5,000 as Navratri chanda.
At
around 12.30pm on Friday, Kashinath Patel, a goon running bootlegging business,
went to the duo's house along with 10 others to collect chanda. On refusal to
pay, they allegedly began hitting them. However, Tavar claimed, “Despite paying
chanda twice, they demanded Rs-5,000 for Navratri. When I refused, they started
arguing and began trashing me. When I fell down, they started kicking me in my
stomach. For help, I dialed 100, and afraid of cops they fled away.“
