After being bombarded with criticism for inaction against drug dealers and drug consumption in the city, Police Commissioner Subodh Jaiswal has cracked the whip. Within days of the dressing down on January 14, police stations, which saw a 25% dip in consumption cases from 2017 to 2018, have started registering cases by the dozen, said sources.

On January 14, at one of the bi-annual meetings conducted by the District Planning and Development Council and attended by local citizen representatives, police officers, and BMC, SRA and MMRDA officials, an unsuspecting Jaiswal was bombarded by complaints on the menace of drug consumption. The representatives began counting the numerous problems related to drugs and registered their anger over inaction by the local police. Representatives from the Western and North Region of the city said the drug menace had reached college gates and was a huge warning bell.