Mumbai: Case filed against CJP supporters over unauthorised Shivaji Park gathering

Mumbai Police have registered a case against supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party CJP for allegedly holding an unauthorised gathering raising slogans and making announcements at Shivaji Park in Mumbai police said on SaturdayAccording to police around 400 to 500 unidentified supporters and protesters gathered without permission at Gate No 6 of the Shivaji Park grounds in Dadar West opposite the Meenatai Thackeray MemorialPolice identified CJP members Ajinkya Shinde Pranay Ahire Ashutosh Ranka Abhijeet Dipke Saurav Das Afreen Nawaz Soumya Korde Ankit Bhardwaj Vijay Malangi and Yogesh Ingale among those presentThe gathering reportedly took place between 4 pm and 7 pm and fell under the jurisdiction of the Shivaji Park police stationPolice cite law and order concernsPolice said the protesters gathered on a public road and raised slogans resulting in a law and order situation Loudspeakers were also allegedly installed without the required permissionFollowing the incident Shivaji Park police registered a case under Sections 1892 and 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS along with Sections 371 373 and 135 of the Maharashtra Police ActThe case comes a day after the CJP held a lsquoJail Bharorsquo protest at Shivaji Park demanding the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh KumarProtest held despite police denialThe CJP demonstration was held despite Mumbai Police denying formal permission and deploying heavy security in the area Barricades were erected across parts of Dadar as thousands of citizens and supporters reportedly gathered at the venueSlogans targeting the Central government and the Election Commission were raised during the demonstration which organisers described as lsquoSeason 2rsquo of their movementThe protest also received support from several public figures intellectuals and Bollywood personalities who attended and spoke about voting rights and democratic institutions Actors Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah and musician Vishal Dadlani were among those presentActor Prakash Raj extended his support through a recorded visual message and urged citizens to safeguard democratic valuesDipke launches lsquoJail Bharorsquo callCJP founder Abhijit Dipke criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis while addressing the gatheringDipke launched the lsquoJail Bharorsquo call and said peaceful assembly in defence of voting rights was a fundamental constitutional rightChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis you spoke about putting us in jail for just three days Had you said three months the whole of Mumbai would have been brought to a complete standstill Dipke saidWith inputs from IANS