More than a thousand people gathered at the Bandra Railway Station on Tuesday demanding that they be allowed to go back to their homes in other parts of the country. Despite their efforts, the police weren't able to peacefully contain the crowd and as people started to push and shove, policemen unleashed a lathi charge on them.

A massive crowd comprising migrant labourers reached outside #Bandra West railway station hoping to get transportation and get back home as they expected the lockdown to end today on April 14. The police later distributed food packs the the migrants.#COVID2019 #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/cpiy4dEx9j

— Mid Day (@mid_day) April 14, 2020

The people who had gathered were residents of Naupada, Behrampada and other slum areas near Bandra. Mostly migrant workers, they stated that they were living in cramped conditions in their rooms and wanted to return home. Some of them even claimed that they had not received food packets for several days.