India News: Traders across the city intensified their agitation against the proposed Local Body Tax (LBT) on Monday by going on indefinite strike and forcing retail shops that chose to stay open to also down their shutters.


The agitating traders made life tough for Mumbaiites by not just forcibly shutting shops but also by blocking traffic, prompting the police to resort to lathicharge at Cotton Exchange and Marine Lines. People were also inconvenienced in several areas as grocery and provision shops were forced to down shutters.