Is the transfer of the bar raider cop, ACP Vasant Dhoble, a reason to rejoice for the city’s party animals? The keeper of the law may have changed, but the law of the land remains. So let’s not jump the gun here.

In a recent move, the home department clipped the wings of Dhoble by limiting his jurisdictions from the entire city to just two police stations, ie Vakola and Vile Parle. If sources from the Mantralaya are to be believed, Dhoble was held accountable for the loss of tourism in Mumbai, while police sources claimed that the new police commissioner Satyapal Singh is reversing Patnaik’s moves. But there is no clear vision on what really led to Dhoble’s transfer.