It took five lives for the Mumbai Police to realise that they need a less tedious process for recruitment of police constables. The recent death of a 24-year-old youth from Beed proved to be an eye-opener, and cops have cancelled the five-kilometre run that claimed five lives.

Police have also appointed a team of doctors at the camps for its remaining three days. Had these precautions been in place beforehand, the five men wouldn’t have lost their lives. This year, more than one lakh youngsters came to Mumbai to compete for a mere 2,600 vacancies. They arrived from various districts of Maharashtra and thronged the camps in Bhoiwada, Kalina and Vikhroli.