Cops had taken precautions for the 'bandh' by keeping a watch on suspects in their jurisdiction, but protesters chose other areas. Representation pic

A week after the Maharashtra bandh brought the city to a standstill, the police have realised why their prep to rein in violent protesters went awry: because the latter worked out a nifty plan to hoodwink law enforcement agencies simply by switching the areas they were supposed to protest in. Cops found this out after observing that 80 per cent of the arrested protesters did not belong to the jurisdiction where they were held.