Malwani Police have been caught on the wrong foot in its attempt to justify cops driving their official vehicles on the wrong side of the road, as mid-day had reported yesterday. Responding to this paper's queries at the time, Deepak Phatangre, senior inspector of Malwani police, had claimed that police vehicles go in the wrong direction in order to clear traffic jams. However, this theory has been rubbished by eyewitnesses and local residents.

This paper had highlighted in a front-page report how two police vehicles were seen going in the opposite direction to regular traffic on Marve Road, Malad, allegedly in an attempt to avoid getting stuck in traffic. What's more, seeing the police break the law seemed to have emboldened many auto drivers and bikers, who were seen following the cops in the violation.