The
Mumbai
civic
body
has
regularised
alleged
illegal
modifications
made
in
properties
belonging
to
actor
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
six
others,
an
RTI
query
has
revealed.
The
modifications
were
regularised
by
the
BrihanMumbai
Municipal
Corporation
(BMC)
in
October
last,
according
to
the
information
obtained
by
RTI
activist
Anil
Galgali.
The
development
came
over
two
months
before
the
BMC
demolished
illegal
constructions
inside
BJP
MP
and
actor
Shatrughan
Sinha's
eight-storey
residential
bungalow
'Ramayan'
in
suburban
Juhu
earlier
this
month.
A
BMC
official
informed
in
a
letter
that
illegal
construction
in
Wings
1
to
7
at
Oberoi
Seven
in
Yashodhan
in
Goregaon
East
was
regularised
after
a
revised
plan
for
the
same
was
approved
by
the
P-South
administrative
ward,
Galgali
said.
Bachchan
owns
the
bungalow,
he
said.
"A
notice,
under
Section
53(1)
of
the
Maharashtra
Regional
Town
Planning
Act,
was
issued
in
December,
2016
to
the
owners
of
(the)
Wings
for
illegal
construction," read
the
letter.
"In
response
to
the
notice,
architect
Shashank
Kokil
representing
the
owner/residents/developers
submitted
an
amended
plan
on
January
5,
2017
to
the
Executive
Engineer
(Building
Proposal),
Western
Suburbs,
P
Ward,
and
the
same
was
regularised
on
October
26,
2017,"
it
said.
After
the
BMC
served
notice
to
Bachchan
and
others
for
allegedly
carrying
out
illegal
constructions
on
their
properties,
the
actor's
attorney
issued
a
statement.
"Our
client
has
purchased
a
property
in
Oberoi
Seven
from
M/s.
Oberoi
Realty
Limited,
vide
agreement
dated
October
29,
2012,
registered
before
the
Sub
Registrar
of
Assurances
on
November
2,
2012.
The
property
was
purchased
as
a
bare
shell
and
our
client
has
neither
put
any
brick
nor
taken
out
any
brick
from
the
said
property,
hence
the
question
of
illegal
construction
does
not
arise," the
statement
had
said.
The
BMC
had
also
issued
notices
to
filmmaker
Rajkumar
Hirani,
Pankaj
Balaji,
Sanjay
Vyas,
Haresh
Khandelwal,
Haris
Jagtiani
and
Oberoi
Realty
under
the
Act.
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