MUMBAI: Women's rights activist Vanita Gutte and her supporters were stopped from entering Haji Ali dargah on Friday evening over that fears the group might storm into the shrine's sanctum sanctorum where women are not allowed, Mumbai Mirror reported.
Over 100 police personnel were deployed at the dargah as Gutte and members of her Swarajya Sanghatana staged a protest outside.
Gutte was earlier part of efforts to help women gain access to the sanctum sanctorum of Nashik's Trimbakeshwar temple, which lifted a ban last month.
Last week, activist and founder of Bhumata Brigade Trupti Desai had kept the Mumbai police on tenterhooks after she said she would try to enter Haji Ali dargah.
Gutte said on Friday she would not give up her fight. "I came to the dargah at 7.30 pm and the police have not allowed me inside since," she told Mirror. "I will keep trying to get in."