Continued from page u0010 u000f ZONAL Deputy Commissioner of Police Sangramsinh Nishandar confirmed that it was a film shoot. An officer attached to the Chitrapat Shakha of Mumbai police told mid- day, u201c We have granted them permission only for acting and not to create any noise or for any gunshots. They have permission for film shooting from . pm to . am for two days.u201d u2018 Dummy bullets firedu2019 Some residents of nearby Dhobi Talao told mid- day that they were at Metro Cinema where a scene was being recreated for the web series. Still, it seemed like the real thing. u201c During the shoot, one of the actors fired a dummy bullet. It sounded like real gunshots. A few actors in police uniform were seen collecting something from the road after the gunshot,u201d said a youth.

The sight of the web series shoot and the sound of the dummy gunshots unsettled many people. A local shopkeeper, Nand Dev u0004 ha said, u201c I woke up to get milk. The milk vendor felt something amiss at Metro junction and asked me u2018 Bhai kuch hua hai kya? Bahut sari police dekhi subah meu2019 ( Did something happen? I saw a lot of police). A few others told me that they heard gunshots.