A day after mid-day, in its cover page expose, showed how Mumbai Traffic Police officers were collecting bribes using QR codes of street hawkers, senior police officials on Saturday said that an in-depth inquiry had been ordered into the matter.

In a three day investigation, the results of which were published on Friday, mid-day had revealed how Traffic Police personnel deployed at the LR Road signal outside Borivili station were directing errant motorists to pay bribes by scanning QR codes of hawkers.