India, June 21 -- Twenty-three people have been arrested and eleven cases have been filed across the city related to alleged vandalism, attacks on buses, and obstruction of services, as the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) employees' strike entered its second day on Saturday.

According to the police, sections of the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) have been invoked, along with sections under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to unlawful assembly, wrongful restraint, vandalism and obstructing public servants.

One of the cases was registered by the Dharavi police based on the complaint of BEST driver Thakabhau Ghule, who alleged that some BEST employees on strike stopped his bus, boarded it, abuse...