Bengaluru: Bengaluru police on Wednesday registered a case against participants of a silent protest in support of Palestine on charges of unlawful assembly and public nuisance.
According to a senior police official, the group did not take permission to stage the demonstration.
In the protest held in the city's Saint Mark’s Road on Sunday, the participants carried posters and placards in a display of solidarity with Palestinians in the wake of the ongoing war.
Protests can be held only at Freedom Park in the city as per a High Court order, the official said, adding that the silent march also disrupted pedestrian movement.
“So, based on a complaint received, the FIR was filed against the protesters under sections 149 (unlawful assembly), 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 283 (Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation), 290 (public nuisance) and 291 (Committing a nuisance after injunction to discontinue) of the Indian Penal Code. Further investigation is underway,” he said.
With inputs from agencies