After being criticised by political parties for skipping the group leaders' meeting, municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal is under fire for getting private bouncers for personal security outside his cabin at the BMC headquarters. Both BJP and Congress slammed the administration for deploying private security.

The bouncers were appointed a week ago after back-to-back agitations by the BJP. "There are at least 16 bouncers. They are deployed at gates 1 and 6 from which the commissioner, mayor, additional commissioner enter and on the second floor outside the commissioner's cabin," said a BMC employee.