Mumbai: The Mumbai police have registered 13 FIRs between July 18 and July 22 in connection with the ongoing protests on charges of unlawful assembly and violation of prohibitory orders, booking 400 people, officials have said.
Cases have been registered at different police stations, and notices were issued to those named in the FIRs, following which they were allowed to leave, officials said on Wednesday.
Mumbai has been witnessing protests in solidarity with the Cockroach Janta Party-led students’ agitation in New Delhi.
While demonstrations were staged at various places, including Shivaji Park, Chaityabhoomi, Chembur and Shiv Sena Bhavan, no permission had been granted, an official said.
On July 19, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray addressed a gathering organised at Shivaji Park to protest against fasting activist Sonam Wangchuk’s transfer to Safdarjung Hospital from the Delhi Jantar Mantar protest site.
The Mumbai police have also initiated action over a protest held at Chaityabhoomi in Dadar on Monday without permission and are in the process of registering an FIR, the official said.
The accused in all the 13 cases have been booked under charges including disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant, wrongful restraint and unlawful assembly, among other provisions, he said.
On Wednesday, protests were staged at multiple locations in Mumbai in solidarity with the CJP stir against alleged irregularities in exams, leading to the detention of several people.
According to police, hundreds of protesters gathered at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Garden in Chembur amid heavy police deployment. Police detained several protesters, dragging some of them into police vehicles before taking them to the local police station, eyewitnesses alleged.
The protesters in Chembur were carrying placards demanding reforms in the education system and action over the alleged paper leak. After detaining several protesters, police dispersed the remaining crowd from the protest site.
A large number of people gathered outside Shiv Sena Bhavan in Dadar and raised slogans against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Police maintained a heavy deployment at all protest sites to prevent any untoward incident.
‘Dhurandhar’ actress Ayesha Khan was one among the many who was detained by the Mumbai police. A clip is going viral where the actress is seen forcefully pulled inside the police van. She took it to her Instagram citing that she alongside her brother and other companions were forcefully removed from the protest site even before starting the agitation. The actress shared videos sitting inside the police station stating that the authorities did not allow to leave the station for hours.
Replying to an incel who messaged her on Instagram saying she will not be getting opportunities in Bollywood because of this event, the latter replied “I would sacrifice my career rather than live with no spine”.
