Mumbai, June 11 -- Nasha Virodhi Sangharsh Abhiyan staged a protest outside Dadar Railway Station on Thursday, demanding that an FIR for culpable homicide be registered against the organisers of the Sunburn festival and officials who allegedly gave them protection, and that the festival be permanently banned in Maharashtra.

The protest came after a youth died and a girl fainted at a high-profile 'Outworld' music concert held at the NSCI Dome in Worli. The campaign said the incident highlighted the growing drug menace in the state, following earlier deaths at a concert in Nesco, Goregaon, and the controversial Sunburn festival in Sewri, according to a release.

According to campaign leader Dhanashree Kelshikar, the main organisers of both...