Irritated with the cops who are getting caught in consecutive traps set by the Anti-Corruption Bureau to catch them in the act of taking bribes, top cop Subodh Jaiswal pleaded with officials to steer clear of corruption. Jaiswal addressed a gathering of police inspectors in South Mumbai, but within a few hours, another cop was trapped at Kherwadi police station and accused of taking a bribe. In the last six days, three such traps have been reported.

Jaiswal, known for his discipline and uprightness, had urged all police officials to stay away from corruption and other illegal activities when he took the post last year. But 2019 began with police officer Anand Bhoir being trapped and arrested by the Crime Branch for taking '22 lakh as bribe. Even though strict instructions were given to all the officials across Mumbai, a spate of incidents were reported. On February 11, assistant police officer Deepak Kharat was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of '25,000. On February 13, police inspector Dattatray Chaudhary was trapped while accepting '80,000 as the first instalment of a promised bribe of '3 lakh.