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Ever wondered why there’s never a cop around when you need one? Well, in Powai, some residents found out why — the cops were spending their patrolling hours fast asleep in the parking lots of buildings in the plush Hiranandani Gardens. A resident of a neighbouring building said, “I always wondered what went on inside these parking lots. So one day out I decided to check the basement in Delphi and found the cops fast asleep.”

Mumbai Mirror apparently caught the cops in the act. They settled for taking photos of a representative seven cops who were blissfully asleep on the floor even as their radios buzzed constantly. Most off the cops had taken off their shirts and shoes and were using corrugated boxes as mattresses to sleep on. While the cops slept, a lone private security guard posted in the basement of the building sat in a corner.

IMO: Just like in the UK. Also, GPS allows tracking of the Mumbai cops so one can only suppose that all those at the the regional control room were also asleep.