BMC Claims Sonu Sood Is A Habitual Offender Of Illegal Construction
Earlier this week, actor Sonu Sood was given extended interim protection by Bombay High court as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) counsel Anik Sakhare sought time to respond to the actor's petition
Earlier
this
week,
actor
Sonu
Sood
was
given
extended
interim
protection
by
Bombay
High
court
as
Brihanmumbai
Municipal
Corporation's
(BMC)
counsel
Anik
Sakhare
sought
time
to
respond
to
the
actor's
petition.
On
Tuesday
(January
12),
BMC
told
the
Bombay
High
Court
that
Sonu
Sood
has
been
a
"habitual
offender
of
illegal
construction" as
it
urged
the
court
to
dismiss
his
plea.
The
BMC
shared
details
of
the
past
two
instances
of
demolishing
parts
of
his
Juhu
property
with
the
court.
The
civic
body
said
that
back
in
2018
and
now
in
February
2020,
the
actor
demolished
parts
of
the
six-storey
Shakti
Sagar
building
without
permission.
The
affidavit
filed
by
the
BMC
said,
"The
applicant
(Sonu)
is
a
habitual
offender
and
wants
to
enjoy
the
commercial
proceeds
of
the
unauthorised
work
and
therefore
once
again
started
reconstructing
the
demolished
portion
in
order
to
make
it
operational
as
a
hotel
albeit
illegally
and
without
permission
from
the
License
department."
BMC
has
also
claimed
that
the
actor
was
trying
to
protect
an
"ex-facie
illegal" commercial
hotel.
The
affidavit
noted
that
the
property
is
being
constructed
and
modified
into
a
hotel
by
Sood
against
the
sanctioned
plan,
more
than
once.
It
also
claimed
that
he
is
running
the
hotel
without
a
license.
"He
has
not
been
given
permission
for
change
of
user
of
the
said
property
from
residential
to
commercial
and
there
is
no
license
to
run
the
commercial
hotel,"
the
affidavit
added.
Justice
Prithviraj
Chavan
on
Monday,
(January
11)
had
asked
for
an
explanation
on
running
a
hotel
to
which,
Sonu
Sood's
advocate
revealed
that
Sood
is
not
conducting
a
hotel
business,
but
is
running
"a
residential
hotel
in
which
flats
are
rented
out
to
people".
A
new
hearing
is
set
to
be
held
on
Wednesday
(January
13).