At least 25 to 30 people have been detained by the Mumbai Police at the Dadar Kabutarkhana on Wednesday morning during a protest organised by the Marathi Ekikaran Samiti. The protest came exactly a week after a mob tore down the plastic sheets covering Dadar Kabutar Khana, in response to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) ongoing ban against feeding pigeons in public.

On Wednesday, protestors demanded a stricter enforcement of the ban on feeding pigeons in public. They also criticised the action of the mob that pulled down the plastic sheets covering the Dadar Kabutarkhana on August 6, terming it as an act of vandalism.

The protest, called 'Chala Dadar', witnessed the participation of at least 100 members of civil society and residents in Dadar and took place under heavy police protection. Subsequently, the police also detained those who were speaking to media or were at the forefront of the protest.