A large group of residents gathered on the road to protest the BMC's actions, prompting a significant police presence to manage the crowd.

A large number of police personnel have been deployed there to prevent any untoward incident in view of the prevailing situation, he said.

Protests were seen against the BMC team that went to demolish the illegal construction at Dharavi's Shubhaniya Mosque. However, later the trustees of the mosque wrote a letter to the BMC and asked for time to demolish the illegal construction themselves.

The situation was brought under control after the BMC agreed to give the trustees of Mehboob E Subhani mosque in Dharavi five days to remove the encroachment on their own.

Tension prevailed in Dharavi slum here on Saturday after hundreds of local residents gathered on a road and opposed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's plan to pull down an alleged illegal portion of a mosque,

Protests broke out in Mumbai’s Dharavi on Saturday over the demolition of the 25-year-old Subhania Mosque on 90 Feet Road. The BMC had declared the mosque unauthorized and planned the demolition. However, locals have been protesting and sitting on the streets since last night.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to arrive in Maharashtra's Wardha district in Vidarbha region, Congress on Friday urged him to make his stand clear on Gandhi and his killer Nathuram Godse, who has been eulogised by a section of Hindutva front.

An official said that a large number of police personnel were deployed at the site to prevent any untoward incident in view of the huge gathering.

A large number of police personnel have been deployed there to prevent any untoward incident in view of the prevailing situation

Tensions escalated in Mumbai's Dharavi slum on Saturday when locals protested against the BMC's plan to demolish part of a mosque.

Mumbai: Tensions flared in Dharavi, Mumbai’s largest slum area, on Saturday morning after a large number of local residents gathered to thwart the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) planned demolition of an illegal section of a mosque.