Those who follow the global geopolitical scenario will often hear people say that the next war is going to be fought over water. The next battle in this city is going to be fought over a parking space. With a severe crunch and vehicles being bought at a fever pitch, it is car, car everywhere and not a place to park for Mumbaikars.

Our front page report about an Instagram video exposing an alleged parking scam at Kala Ghoda, prompting MRA Marg police to conduct a sting operation, has sparked a frenzy of ‘investigate this too’. In this fraud, a 36-year-old man has been arrested accused of illegally collecting money, he collected Rs 100 for someone while he was being set up to be trapped, from motorists at a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) parking lot that is officially free to use.