The Mumbai Police on Sunday registered a first information report against Aam Aadmi Party leaders for holding a protest against party MP Raghav Chadha and six others merging with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s legislature party in the Rajya Sabha.

The FIR was registered against seven leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party, including its Mumbai working president Ruben Mascarenhas, under sections pertaining to unlawful assembly, reported Hindustan Times.

Earlier in the day, several members of the party were detained ahead of the planned protest. Mascarenhas alleged that this was done to prevent the demonstration.

The AAP leader told Scroll that he had written to the police a day earlier, informing them of the party’s plan to protest outside Chadha’s Mumbai home, and had received an acknowledgement on Sunday morning.

However, he alleged that police personnel arrived at his house at about 1.45 pm, ahead of the planned protest at 3.30 pm, and prevented him from leaving. He was later detained.

“I am not being allowed to leave [my house],” Mascarenhas said on social media. “This is illegal and unacceptable.”

He said that he was taken to the Khar police station along with others before being released.

Despite the restrictions, about 50 AAP volunteers staged a protest, Mascarenhas said.

The police had blocked roads leading to Chadha’s home in Khar, restricting vehicular movement and preventing any...

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