The 2,000 police personnel deployed to monitor a crowd of 25,000-plus protesters at August Kranti Maidan on Thursday pulled off a successful bandobast with Mumbaikars having been spared a violent demonstration. The more-than-prepared police also had the riot control unit and state reserve police force on standby."

Senior police officers, including Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) Vinoy Choubey monitored the entire protest from ground zero to ensure that there was no untoward eventuality.