Mumbai Police deny permission to groups for protesting against Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Mumbai: Mumbai police on Monday said that it had denied permission to some Muslim groups to hold a protest gathering at Azad Maidan against visiting Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [caption id=“attachment_4290983” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AFP[/caption] “Police today denied permission to some Muslim groups to hold a protest meet against the PM of Israel at Azad Maidan,” a senior police official said. Netanyahu, who is one a six-day tour to the country, will be in Mumbai on Thursday and is scheduled to visit Nariman House, a Jewish center that was one of the targets of the 26 November, 2008 terror strikes in the city. Netanyahu will be accompanied by 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg who lost his parents in the attack.