MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- The Dadar police on Monday registered a case against around 150 protesters, including 50 women, primarily from the Jain community, 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 slogans, pulled down the tarpaulin and barricades put up by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), and tossed grains to the pigeons. The BMC had erected fresh barricades on August 10. A police officer said the Dadar police initially asked the BMC to lodge a complaint since the property belonged to the civic body. However, after the BMC maintained that the police were themselves witnesses to the ransacking, the police registered an offence based on video footage from television channels and witness statements. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of constable Sachin Shirtode, who was on bandobast duty during the protest. "We have registered an offence against 100 unidentified men, 50 unidentified women, and seven named individuals. The accused have been identified with the help of TV footage," the officer said. The case has been registered under sections 189 (unlawful assembly) and 324 (mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the Bombay Police Act....