``Even as Deepak Shetty's pyre was burning, a hotelier got a call at the funeral site on his mobile phone telling him that if he didn't pay up, he too would die like Shetty,'' informed Hotel Owners Association president Bhaskar Shetty. Munde, who was also apprised of the reported ill health of present Zone III Deputy Commissioner of Police Shrikant Sawarkar and his desire to be posted in Nagpur, promised the delegation that Kalyan-Dombivli would soon have a new DCP. ``I will try to wrangle something before my visit toKalyan,'' he promised.

More State Reserve Police platoons are to be posted in Kalyan to provide protection to doctors and traders. Munde also advocated that Thane Commissioner of Police Bhujangrao Mohite crack the whip a bit harder. ``Simply blaming the DCPs won't absolve me or the commissioner from our responsibilities,'' he observed, adding that he would review the commissionerate staff and order transfers and changes wherever needed.

Munde also promised that all those hoteliers and doctors who approached the police for protection would be given it. ``If we could give Bollywood stars protection after Gulshan Kumar's murder, why can't we do the same for doctors?'' Munde also said he would hold a jan adalat during his visit to ensure that all citizens who have law and order complaints get a hearing.

The delegations included a member of the Indian Medical Association's state-level action committee, president of IMA's Kalyan chapter and president of the Medical Club of Kalyan. Representatives of thehoteliers included presidents of the Hotel Owners' Associations' from Dombivli, Ambernath and Kulgaon-Badlapur and the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Owners Associations.