The indigenous Koli or fisherfolk community of Mumbai are the original inhabitants of the city. Sion Koliwada is one of the community's oldest settlements.
In 1999, builder Sudhakar Shetty approached the residents with plans to redevelop the land. When he did not get the requisite 70% consent, he forged signatures on the consent forms.
In 2006, Sudhakar Shetty's construction company, Sahana Developers, demolished two chawls (hutments) next to the Koliwada, that were built on the Education Department's land. The land used to house a primary school which was later used as 7 residential quarters for teachers.
On the 29th of May 2012, 60 policemen accompanied a BMC demolition squad to the community. When, people stood in front of their homes to protest this illegal demolition they were attacked by the police.
On the 31st of May 2012, at about 5 pm, women from the Koliwada, Ambujwadi and Kandamwar Nagar were sitting on a peaceful protest when the police started to drag them away, many by their hair, into the waiting police vans.
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