Old horrors have come back to haunt Mumbai. A woman slipped into an open manhole in Ghatkopar and her body emerged at Haji Ali."

It naturally brings back the memories of a monsoon story when a top doctor fell into an open manhole and his body was discovered at Worli, a couple of days later. It is a story that still makes one's hair stand on end. That some locals had decided it was prudent to remove manhole covers so that the floodwaters dissipate quicker is another matter altogether.