Two senior inspectors were suspended and two assistant commissioners of police transferred on Monday after a Marathi news channel aired footage showing bars in Thane's Naupada and Vartka Nagar areas operational amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The matter came to light when a Marathi news channel aired footage of a sting operation, which showed dance bars operating, flouting the rules as well as restrictions put into place in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.