The Aarey Police on Saturday arrested 29 persons—activists and locals—protesting from Friday night to save the trees in the green area after the HC on Friday greenlighted the cutting of over 2,600 trees for the Metro car shed. The police, in a press release, said some of these protesters had got into a scuffle with the officers who were doing their duty. All arrested protesters were produced before Borivli court later in the afternoon; the court has sent them all to judicial custody for the next 14 days. Another 50 were detained on Friday night. On Saturday morning, 150 protesters were added to the list when Section 144 (unlawful assembly) was imposed within the Aarey Colony. They were all released by afternoon.

Protesters turned up in large numbers on Friday night and all through Saturday at the Metro car shed, Picnic Point in Goregaon's Aarey Colony. Pic/ Anurag Ahire