Mumbai Police have intensified their crackdown on illegal hawkers with support from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The department has now also initiated action against its own personnel, suspending a policeman for failing to act against hawkers while on duty.

Churchgate subway action

Assistant Police Inspector Narayan Siddhappa Anand, attached to Azad Maidan police station, was suspended after allegedly failing to take action against illegal hawkers outside the Churchgate subway area on January 27.