Mumbai: Clashes Erupt Between Women Candidates, Police During Fire Brigade Recruitment Drive | Watch

A large number of women candidates on Saturday protested to take part in the physical test of the Fire Brigade recruitment process in Mumbai’s Dahisar and were lathi-charged by the police after they attempted to disrupt the process.

In a purported video of the incident posted by news agency ANI, several women  reached the Gopinath Munde Shakti Grounds in Dahisar and were seen clashing with the police present at the scene.

The candidates were allegedly disqualified due to the height criteria. Police personal can be seen using lathis to stop the women from entering the venue.

The aspirants reportedly wanted to cancel the exam as they were wrongly disqualified for not meeting the 162m heigh criterion, according to The Times of India.

According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade Chief Officer, the women who were protesting were those who came late for the test. “We can’t allow people who reach around 10 am when time was 8 am,” he told reporters.

He also said that at least 3,318 women candidates were selected and qualified as per the height criteria and were taken to the next step of recruitment process.

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