Mumbai police personnel seem to have found a novel way to dispense justice and punishment in the times of the Coronavirus lockdown. In an April 20 incident from Bhandup, the local police allegedly punished a fruit seller for operating in a neighbourhood by exhorting people to loot the woman's stock worth Rs 5,000.

The incident occurred in the Sonapur area of Bhandup. Gudiya Khan sells seasonal fruits and supports her disabled husband and two kids. On the evening of April 20, Khan left her home to sell with a card full of grapes. She was a few metres away from her home when she saw cops approaching her.