The city cops are being bombarded with questions in the aftermath of the horrific violence on August 11 in South Mumbai. That the department was caught off-guard is evident in the number of casualties — many of them cops —, including two deaths, large-scale destruction of public property, and the few arrests that have been made so far. On behalf of all peace-loving Mumbaikars (is there any other kind), MiD DAY has these five questions for the police department, answers to which will go a long way in precluding recurrence of such anarchy in future:

Off-guard: The Mumbai police were just equipped with lathis to control the unruly mobsu00a0at Azad Maidan on August 11.