For most of us, spending hours in a traffic jam is just another day of life in Mumbai. But when civic chief Ajoy Mehta gets stuck even for a few minutes, heads begin to roll. Four security guards from the BMC headquarters were suspended after Mehta's car got stuck in traffic on Monday. After news spread of the suspension, however, the civic administration revoked the action yesterday, and clarified that some confusion had led to the action.

According to the sources, the incident took place on Monday afternoon near the BMC head office near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), on a street that connects Dr D N Marg to Mahapalika Marg. The very next day, four security guards —three men and a woman — were handed suspension letters for "negligence of duty." The letter mentioned that when Mehta was leaving for his residence at Malabar Hill, his car got stuck for a few minutes as there was no security guard present near gate number 4.