HAJI ALI: TRUPTI DESAI DENIED ENTRY

BLOCKED TWICE

There was high drama at Haji Ali on Thursday, as women’s right activist Trupti Desai (centre, in

photo) tried to enter the shrine, only to be turned away twice. Desai, who heads the Bhoomata Ranragini Brigade campaigning for entry of women into shrines, was in the city to attend a peaceful protest by a Haji Ali Sab Ke Liye, a forum formed this month. REPORTS ON P5