400 booked, 13 FIRs registered in five days for staging protests in Mumbai without permission

The Mumbai Police have registered 13 offences related to the protests in the city in support of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The FIRs have been registered since July 18 under various sections related to unlawful assembly and breach of prohibitory orders. Around 400 persons have been named as accused in these FIRs.

While demonstrations were staged at various places, including Shivaji Park, Chaityabhoomi, Chembur and Shiv Sena Bhavan, no permission had been granted, an official said.

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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 (July 20, 2026) 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 (July 22, 2026), 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.

(With inputs from PTI)