The Maximum City nearly shut down yesterday, with incidents witnessed at 45 places and the police detaining 447 protesters. The bandh was called off in the afternoon, but not before an attempt to torch a BEST bus.

Protests had started with agitators taking to roads, trying to disrupt traffic. They walked across the streets in Dadar, Lalbaug, Bandra, Jogeshwari, Borivli, Mulund and Bhandup to force shops to down shutters.