By early morning 6 am today, women rights' activist Trupti Desai entered the Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai where she was denied entry last month and the episode had ended in a bitter scuffle with the police and locals shutting down the dargah for a day.
Sources have stated that Ms Desai however did not attempt to enter the inner sanctorum or the core area of the Haji Ali, one of the foremost Muslim shrines, where women are not allowed. She was accompanied by a group of policemen and other activists.
During her last attempt to enter the dargah, Ms Desai has faced vehement opposition from the locals and she has alleged that people had tried to break into her car and beat her up and blamed the police for not handling the situation well.
After a failed attempt to enter the dargah on April 28, Ms Desai had said that she would seek the support of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena leader Haji Arafat Shaikh had said Ms Desai would be hit with slippers if she tried to enter the dargah.
