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Mumbai: CJP supporters clash with police during Sonam Wangchuk protest near CSMT
Updated On: 19 July, 2026 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Sayyed Sameer Abedi
A group of CJP supporters and students staged a protest near Mumbai's CSMT in support of activist Sonam Wangchuk after police action at Delhi's Jantar Mantar. Several demonstrators were detained following a brief clash with police, while traffic around CSMT and the BMC headquarters was temporarily affected before normalcy was restored.

Between 15 and 20 protesters were picked up by the police and shoved into the vans after the situation got tense. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Around 3.30 pm on Saturday, 35 protestors seemed to have given Mumbai Police the slip by using the Metro subway to make their way to the CMST area to join the protest held by the Mumbai wing of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in support of activist Sonam Wangchuk. This came after Wangchuk was forcibly removed from his hunger strike and taken to hospital in the early hours of Saturday, as cops cracked down on the stir at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
The protestors here at CSMT seemed to be aware that Mumbai Police had completely sealed off the area amid tension over the police action in Delhi. The demonstrators, who were not many in number, came holding placards that said, “Now not only Dharmendra but Narendra must also resign”. The banners also bore the symbol of the Mumbai wing of the All India Students’ Federation (AISF).


