Navi Mumbai, July 8 -- Police on Wednesday detained Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders and protesters as they marched from Panvel to Mumbai's Vidhan Bhavan demanding that the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) be named after the late peasants' leader Loknete Dinkar Balu (DB) Patil. Despite the detention, protestors continued marching towards Sanpada.

Senior inspector Bala Kumbhar said permission for the march had been refused because prohibitory orders under section 144 were in force due to the Maharashtra legislature session being underway and a Red alert issued for heavy rain. Several police vans were deployed.

"Any unlawful assembly or procession will invite legal action," he said.

The march was organised by the Loknete DB Patil ...