Yet Bhatia's no demolition man like Khairnar. He's merely a tough, law-implementing bureaucrat. In his 30-year career, Bhatia-an alumnus of Delhi's St Stephen's College and the Cambridge University-has been transferred 26 times, 22 of these transfers ordered by various Congress regimes. But it's the Pune demolitions that have cast him in the role of a hero. Overnight, Punekars have gathered to pledge their support for him, even as chief minister Narayan Rane and his chief secretary look on helplessly. Special websites have sprung up where responses are pouring in from Finland, the US and the Gulf. The city itself is plastered with posters proclaiming Bhatia lao, Poona Bachao and We want the return of Bhatia as Pune municipal commissioner.