India, Aug. 10 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has replaced the contract security guards posted at civic headquarters with five new permanent staff after the former failed to stop Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leaders from barging into the municipal commissioner's office earlier this week.

The incident took place on Wednesday when MNS leader Kishor Shinde and his supporters forcibly entered the office of municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram while he was in a meeting related to solid waste management issue with senior civic officers. The intrusion disrupted the meeting, leading to a heated exchange between the civic chief and MNS leaders and workers.

Police later registered a complaint against Shinde and others involved. T...