Apart from the immense stress police personnel are currently undergoing owing to COVID duties, they are now facing a financial crisis. Policemen have claimed that they are not getting beds in hospitals on the police panel and the BMC is forcing them to get admitted into private hospitals instead.

The bills of private hospitals are, however, huge and policemen are having a tough time paying them till they are reimbursed. Around 21 policemen have paid bills worth more than R3-4 lakh for COVID-19 treatment and are waiting for their reimbursements.