Activist Vinay Dubey, blamed for instigating migrants with social media posts like “Chalo Ghar Ki Ore (let’s head home)”, was arrested from his home in Navi Mumbai this morning.

In a video in wide circulation since yesterday, Dubey is heard asking the government to organize a journey home for the migrants. “I request that after the lockdown gets over on April 14, the state government arrange trains to UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal. They can be quarantined once they get there… They are desperate here, they will die of hunger, if not from coronavirus…We will wait till 14th or 15th, if government does not do anything, I, Vinay Dubey, will start the journey with those migrants on foot…,” the activist says in the video.

The television journalist was arrested this evening and charged with “spreading misinformation”, Mumbai police officer Abhishek Trimukhe But there is no reference in the charges to the railway ministry note that he had cited, which, the police suspect, may have prompted the massive gathering near a railway station at suburban Bandra hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the lockdown till May 3.

The railway ministry’s internal note was on a decision to run a “Jan Sadharan” train for migrants stranded by the lockdown. The internal communication, issued after a meeting on April 13, “has been withdrawn” as the lockdown was extended yesterday.

Karvir assembly constituency in Kolhapur registered the highest voter turnout at 83.20%, while Colaba in South Mumbai registered the lowest voter turnout at 40.20%. Continuing with its disrepute of lower voter turnout Mumbai saw a poor turnout of 46.93%.

Kolhapur, which saw massive floods a few months ago, came out to vote in massive numbers. Four out of top 5 constituencies with highest voter turnout were in flood-affected Kolhapur region. Apart from Karvir, Shahuwadi seat registered 80.19% turnout, Kagal (80.13% ) and Radhanagari (75.59%), while Shirala constituency in neighbouring Sangli district saw 76.78% voter turnout.

Low voter turnout was witnessed in urban areas. Apart from Colaba in Mumbai, Versova seat in Suburban Mumbai also saw an abysmal voting percentage of 42.66%. Low voter turnout was also seen in constituencies on the outskirts of Mumbai, like Kalyan west (41.93%), Ambernath (42.43%) and Ulhasnagar (41.20%). Pune Cantonment seat also saw a dismal turnout at 42.68%.

Though Bollywood personalities came out to vote in large numbers, the voting percentage in the Bandra West constituency, home to most Bollywood celebrities saw a downfall in polling percentage compared to 2014. In 2014, the star-studded constituency saw a voter turnout of 50.65% ,while this election it was at 43.76%.

Top leaders from the state exercised their franchise with their family in tow. CM Devendra Fadnavis, accompanied by his wife Amruta, cast his vote in Nagpur. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar voted in Tardeo area of Mumbai along with his granddaughter Revati Sule. Actor Riteish Deshmukh and wife Genelia voted in Latur. Riteish’s brother Amit and Dheeraj are contesting from Latur City and Latur Rural respectively. Riteish has extensively campaigned for them.