Mumbai, July 23 -- The Vikhroli police on Thurday detained Chetan Ahire, the Mumbai Regional President of the Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA), ahead of the state-wide 'Maharashtra Bandh' called by the party.

The VBA has called for a state-wide shutdown today to protest against the alleged "inhuman" lathi-charge on students who were staging a peaceful agitation in Delhi.

Taking to social media platform X, the Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi condemned the police action, terming it as "suppression."

"23 July 'Maharashtra Bandh'.. Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi's Mumbai State President Chetan Ahire has been taken into custody by the police. In protest against the inhuman lathi charge on students conducting a peaceful protest in Delhi, today, on 23 July, Van...