India, May 28 -- Tensions in a Mira Road housing society subsided on Wednesday, after the police and civic officials removed 51 goats from the premises ahead of Eid-al-Adha, or Bakri Eid on Thursday. Police also continued to maintain tight security at the Poonam Estate Cluster 1 complex, where the goats had been sheltered.

The presence of the goats had upset residents, who said keeping the animals there was unhygienic. They were also concerned about where the goats would be slaughtered.

On Wednesday, Kashimira Police registered three separate cases relating to hooliganism, raising religious slogans by 50 activists of Hindu right-wing organisations - and an attempt to introduce pigs into the housing society, as a counter-protest to those...