The state government recently ordered that two days’ salary of IAS officers, all government employees and the police department be cut to contribute to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund and the decision has not gone down well with the state’s policemen.

Cops are protesting via social media and urging Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to not deduct their salaries. The order regarding the deduction was issued on May 7 by Mantralaya. The Maharashtra police have a strength of nearly 1.95 lakh, including 15,000 women personnel.