They sang songs, shouted slogans and stood protesting non-violently, but ended spending a day in jail like criminals for it. Their fault — trying to defend the flora in Aarey Milk Colony — that was slyly cleared under cover of darkness to make way for the Metro 3 car shed. Grabbed angrily and thrown into lock-ups, many of the protesters were upset with the treatment for trying to save the environment.

Sandip Parab, one of the protestors, was shattered when the police took him to jail along with his friends. He said it was tough for everyone to handle the fact that they were arrested and might have to spend some days in jail. However, they got bail after a day, on Monday.

Parab said, "We were standing in a chowk when we got detained. Then we came to know that we had been arrested. One of the young boys with me had an exam on Monday. None of us could sleep at night because there was no place in the barracks. We kept encouraging the youngsters who had panicked. None of us knew when we would get out. We had to stay with more than 200 criminals. One of the boys with us was on a fast for navratri. He had not eaten for two days."