<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/cjp-protest-tushar-gandhi-reportedly-detained-by-mumbai-police-at-august-kranti-maidan-23654329" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai Police</a> barricaded August Kranti maidan in south Mumbai on Saturday, with sources saying that some of the protesters were allegedly detained at Grant Road.
Meanwhile, protesters were detained and taken to Gamdevi Police Station.
A protest had been called at August Kranti maidan on Saturday to demand the resignation on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and in support of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/cjp-protest-in-delhi-activists-abhijeet-dipke-ratna-singh-claim-detention-allege-dictatorship-23654330" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) agitation at Jantar Mantar</a> in Delhi.
Meanwhile CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and others were detained in a flight as it landed at Delhi airport.
Popular YouTuber Dhruv Ratee was also detained on Saturday morning. He had announced that he would join the protest at Jantar Mantar.&nbsp;
<h2>Protesters taken to Gamdevi Police Station</h2>
Several protesters were taken into custody from the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/cjp-protest-in-delhi-delhi-police-detain-cjp-founder-abhijeet-dipke-inside-aircraft-at-igi-airport-23654324" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">protest site</a> in Grant Road and transported to Gamdevi Police Station.
The reason for the detentions were not immediately clear.
Further details about the police action were awaited at the time of writing.
<h2>Access restricted at Nana Chowk Skywalk</h2>
Access to the Nana Chowk Skywalk was restricted on Saturday. The protesters demanded that the police show them the orders authorising their detention. Further details about the detentions and the reason for the restrictions were awaited.
<h2>Security beefed up in Andheri</h2>
Meanwhile, security was tightened outside DN Nagar Police Station in Andheri West on Saturday, with additional police personnel deployed as the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress workers began to gather amid <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/cjp-protest-in-delhi-pm-is-scared-cjps-abhijeet-dipke-targets-bjp-government-23654333" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">heightened security</a> in the area.
- inputs from Ranjeet Jadhav

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