India, Aug. 19 -- The Dadar police have registered a case against around 150 protesters, including 50 women, for storming the Kabutarkhana at Dadar and tearing down barricades and tarpaulin sheets that had been put up to block access to the structure.

According to police, the protesters were booked for unlawful assembly and mischief under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, along with provisions of the Bombay Police Act, 1951. Those named in the FIR include Bandish Shah, Jyoti Kosambi, Nilesh Tevadia, Rekha Jain, Vidyut Jain, Beena Jain and Harish Jain.

The incident took place on August 6, when about 150 people entered the Kabutarkhana despite a Bombay High Court order prohibiting feeding of pigeons there. The group allegedly shouted slo...