The presence of tall, burly bouncers is no longer restricted to the pubs and bars of Mumbai. To tame uncooperative members, cooperative housing society committees are indulging in a bit of muscle flexing. And the ‘men in black’ are there to lend a helping hand. DD Tripathi, director of A One Care Taker services in Worli, who recently delegated over a hundred bouncers from his company for the annual general body meeting (AGM) of a new mega residential complex where members were anticipating trouble from their builder, opined that the new trend is in all probability due to the fact that muscle power is replacing rational reasoning in building meetings.u00a0

Strong-arm tactics: Bouncer suppliers say lack of mutual understanding and respect among housing society members is causingu00a0this bouncer boom