Nowhere is it more important to mind your Ps and queues than at Lalbaugcha Raja, where even one person cutting the line can unleash a whole lot of aggression among the thousands of other devotees waiting patiently. Yesterday, one such incident caused DCP (Zone 3) Abhinash Kumar to lose his cool and launch into a scuffle with a volunteer at the city's most famous Ganesh pandal.

Every day, an increasing number of devotees throng Lalbaug for the blessings of Lalbaugcha Raja. Mumbai police have deployed 1,000 cops on bandobast duty at this pandal alone after a stampede-like situation was witnessed on Sunday. As many as 11 DCP-level officers have also been deployed to monitor the situation. However, there have been reports of arguments and altercations between cops and volunteers. On Tuesday afternoon, one such row took an ugly turn.