Cracking its whip on dereliction of duty, deputy commissioner of police (zone 7) has issued show cause notices to three constables from Bhandup police station for not patrolling the areas that have been assigned to them. The cops were found to have not scanned the QR codes placed at those locations, which they are supposed to do after patrolling the respective areas, and hence have been asked to submit an explanation for the same. If they fail to provide it then each of them would be fined Rs 5,000. However, this is the first instance of a senior cop taking action in the matter since the QR code-based patrolling system came into effect.

Earlier, cops on patrolling duty, especially at night, were made to sign registers kept at strategic locations across the city. But as there used to be complaints regarding less or almost no patrolling, the QR code-based system was set up.