India, June 25 -- An illegal parking racket has been busted in Kala Ghoda area of south Mumbai, where motorists were allegedly being charged for parking at the Kala Ghoda Municipal parking space that the BMC had recently made free.

The action followed a video circulating on social media showing motorists being asked to pay for parking despite signboards stating that parking was free.

Seeing the video, the MRA Marg police laid out a trap to bust the racket.

Police constable Shivaji Chavan and assistant police inspector Dhanashree Keklekar asked a hawker to park his two-wheeler at the facility. The hawker, identified as Manoj Mandal, parked the vehicle when a man allegedly approached him and demanded Rs.100.

"When Mandal told him the pa...