An ego clash between the state's director general of police (DGP) and Mumbai's police commissioner (CP), who hold the same rank, has forced close to 300 cops to work under their juniors and batchmates despite being promoted at the same time, said an officer.

On August 30, 1,570 police sub inspectors (PSI), including 525 from Mumbai, of the batches 106, 107 and 108 were promoted to the assistant police inspector (API) rank across the state. Of the 525 officers posted in Mumbai, 275 were given transfer out of city along with the promotion, both of which have not yet taken effect.