After a peaceful Ganpati Utsav, residents of Bhandup witnessed hooliganism by an externed accused and 18 to 20 of his associates in Ramabai Nagar No 1. They vandalised an office and 22 bikes. The Bhandup police have arrested two people.

Bhandup was under the scanner of senior officials when it witnessed 12 murders in eight months and saw several cases of assault. A delegation of local residents had met Mumbai Police Commissioner Subodh Jaiswal regarding this. Jaiswal had assured them of firm action. The senior inspector of Bhandup police station was also transferred, and Ramesh Khade was appointed in his place.