Photos: Campa Cola residents protest building demolition

[caption id=“attachment_122527” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Campa Cola residents stage protest in front of the gates not allowing the police to enter. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_122527” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] BMC officials later cowed down under the protest and decided against the demolition today. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_122528” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] BMC had a bevy of officials and demolition crew to handle one of the most hi-profile building demolition in the country. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_122528” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Shiv Sena leader Rahul Narvekar was also present there to negotiate with the cops and buy the residents some more time before the demolition.  Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_122528” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Heavy demolition equipment and a large police force was also present at the site. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_122529” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Many of the residents, who were in tears, said that the CM could still intervene. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_122529” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] As of now, political leaders and residents have been taken into preventive custody. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption]