The launching of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 is an important landmark in the history of Bombay and its suburbs. A series of raids on the Wadala salt deports which were under government control was an important part of the Salt Satyagraha Campaign in the Bombay Suburban area. The raids on 16 April, 18 May, 25 May, and 1 June 1930 were noteworthy. The raid of June at Wadala was the most spectacular action in Bombay during Salt Satyagraha. About Fifteen thousand disciplined volunteers participated in the demonstrations. Swadish Sevak (Pseudo) was one of the Satyagrahis who participated in the Salt Satyagraha as part of the Civil Disobedience Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.
From 16 April to 1 June 1930 large number of satyagrahis used to gather at Wadala, in the neighborhood of Mumbai, in defiance of the law, use to make salt without paying tax on it as part of their agitation, and, as a consequence, get mercilessly beaten and get arrested by the police.
Swadish Sevak (Pseudo) participated in one such ‘raid on the Wadala Salt Pans’ and was arrested on 14 June 1930. He was convicted on 14 June 1930. He was charged with section 3 of Act XXII of 1922 and sentenced to 6 months of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 200 or in default 6 weeks’ of rigorous imprisonment.