Crooks extort money from stranded drivers to push vehicles out of water

Screengrab of the men pushing the vehicles stuck in water. Suraj OjhaCourtesy/

Heavy downpour on the fifth day of monsoon washed away the civic body's tall claims of no flooding this year. Most parts of Mumbai was waterlogged on Monday and the BMC used more than 100 pumps to flush out water from over 18 locations.

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A total of 41 locations across the city were waterlogged since 8 am on Sunday to 6 pm on Monday, according to the complaints received by the BMC. Clogged nullahs due to heavy rainfall over the past five days are said to have caused waterlogging, particularly in areas that get flooded every year

King Circle is one of the area severely impacted due to the heavy showers. The roads are clogged and submerged due to which most of the vehicles are stranded in the middle of the road. Taking advantage of this situation, a few crooks were seen extorting money from people who were stuck in the area due to flooding on the road.

According to a resident of the area, "Due to heavy showers and waterlogging, the vehicles are stuck in the middle of the road. A few men in the area are helping stranded drivers to push their vehicles aside and once the vehicle is out of the water, they demand money in return." A similar incident was reported in Matunga, where people spotted a gang of men demanding Rs 500 to Rs 1000 for pushing the stranded vehicle to a hundred to three hundred meters away from the waterlogged area.

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