I used to work at a diamond factory, which shut down during the pandemic. I am now a clean-up marshal. Humiliation, insult and rudeness have become a routine in my life now,” Sanjay Jadhav, 42, told mid-day on Friday as he screened people for violations at Marine Drive. Many marshals, hired by the BMC to enforce the mandatory mask rule, are having a harrowing experience collecting fines.

BMC marshal Sanket Shinde outside CSMT on Friday