Policemen from the lower ranks living in the 13 city police lines have been ordered to stop raising livestock — goats, poultry and even cows have been found — in the open porches adjacent to their official quarters. The orders have come from the Commissioner of Police.

Many policemen have been found making an extra buck on the side to support their families in these difficult, inflation-ridden times by rearing livestock on the police lines premises, but now Commissioner of Police Meeran Chadha Borwankar has warned such police families that strict action will follow if these activities continue.