Organisers of the peaceful protest at the Gateway of India on Sunday midnight in solidarity with the students of JNU will be booked by the police as they had no permission. The crowd had swelled from 200 to nearly 2,000 at the venue.

Senior inspector at Colaba police station Shivaji Phadtare told mid-day that the protest was peaceful. "But none of the organisers had the permission. We will book the organisers under Section 37 (no permission for public meeting) of the Bombay Police Act," he added.