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Masoom detained at Mumbai candlelight vigil.

Coverage update · Chaityabhoomi · 25 October 2026

Masoom Rajwani in an artist portrait.
Masoom Rajwani · artist portrait, not a photograph of the vigil.Image: Flipsyde artist press materials

Masoom Rajwani was among those detained by Mumbai Police at a candlelight vigil at Chaityabhoomi in Dadar on 25 October 2026, according to reporting by Free Press Journal and other publications. The gathering was held in memory of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode.

Masoom shared a video of his detention on Instagram and alleged rough treatment by police, as reported by Mid-day. Free Press Journal quoted police as saying that the gathering lacked the necessary permissions.

Scroll reported that those detained were released from Tardeo, Worli and Dadar police stations after 8:30 pm that evening.

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