Yesterday, this paper ran a front page report about how Kalbadevi resident Bernard Carrasco (37) was stopped at the BMC headquarters at Fort as security officers felt that the shorts he was wearing violated BMC office ethics and would offend women.

Like so many Mumbaikars, Carrasco, a duty manager at T2, wore shorts to avoid getting his trousers wet in the torrential downpours that are a regular feature at this time of the year. Carrasco was visiting the BMC headquarters to register a complaint against illegal construction near his house and said that he was humiliated and angry when he was denied entry.