The Bombay City Police: A Historical Sketch, 1672-1916Edwardes, S. M. (Stephen Meredyth)
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The Bombay City Police: A Historical Sketch, 1672-1916
Edwardes, S. M. (Stephen Meredyth)
Crime -- India -- Mumbai; Police -- India -- Mumbai
Bengalpura, Teli Gali, Bapu Hajam and Kasai Mohollas in the B division.
The bone of contention was the closing of Doctor Street. The Konkani
Mahomedans declared that the behaviour of the Mohollas at the Moharram
of 1910 had obliged the Police Commissioner to take action in regard
to Doctor Street, which was perfectly true, and secondly that that
behaviour had been dictated and forced upon all the Mohollas in 1910 by
Latiff and the Memons of Rangari Moholla, which was equally undeniable.
They were incensed to find Latiff now advocating the observance of the
festival and obedience to the Police Order, and declared that _they_
would not lift their tabuts and would not have anything further to do
with Rangari Moholla. Nevertheless, while thus secretly determined not to
go out in procession and nursing violent hostility to Rangari Moholla,
they declared openly that there was nothing amiss and applied for tabut
licenses as soon as Rangari, Kolsa and Chuna Batti Mohollas applied for
theirs.
4. The policy of Badlu and Latiff of Rangari Moholla became apparent as
soon as Latiff applied for his tabut-license. He asked me personally to
grant the Julhais a pass for the procession. For, finding that there was
considerable feeling against him among the Konkanis and the Mohollas who
sympathised with them, he foresaw that, unless he commanded a strong
following from some other quarter, the Rangari Moholla procession would
be rather a poor one. He therefore without doubt arranged with Badlu that
if he (Latiff) could squeeze a pass out of the Police, the Julhais were
to amalgamate with his Moholla and make a brave display in front of the
recalcitrant Mohollas.
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