The Mumbai police have rolled out elaborate security arrangements across the city in view of the ongoing Maratha reservation agitation. The operation is being supervised by 14 deputy commissioners of police (DCPs). A senior official told mid-day that DCPs have been assigned specific responsibilities: one has been designated Settlement Control Officer for the South Regional Division, and another has been deployed as supervising officer inside the inner circle at Azad Maidan, the protest venue.

Of the remaining 12 DCPs, each has been instructed to deploy at least 25 personnel at sensitive points. Two DCPs are stationed at CST junction, two at Mantralaya and ministers’ bungalows, while others are monitoring key areas including Wadi Bunder, Hutatma Chowk, Mankhurd Naka, Malabar Hill, Azad Maidan, and other identified hotspots. One DCP has also been tasked with monitoring the protest from inside the circle in plainclothes.

Force deployment