Unapproved extensions in Shatru’s house razed

Mumbai, Jan. 9: The city civic body has razed illegal extensions and constructions in an eightstorey residential building owned by BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha in Juhu area.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC) had received several complaints of illegal extensions in Mr Sinha’s residence “Ramayan” in the last few months. Subsequently, notices were also served to him, a civic official said on Tuesday.

“Though Sinha replied to our notices, we still found lapses and extensions violating the construction norms. Therefore, we served him another notice last week and demolished the illegal constructions yesterday,” the official said.

The Lok Sabha member from Bihar, who has been at variance with the BJP’s stand on a host of issues, was at home when the demolition work was carried out.

The civic official said Sinha cooperated while the illegal extensions were razed at his home, where he lives with his family.

The cine star- turnedparliamentarian had redeveloped his bungalow some years back to construct the eightstorey building.

According to the civic official, who supervised the demolition work, several extensions and alterations were made in the house, including two toilets and a pantry in the refuge area, a toilet on the terrace, an office and a ‘ pooja’ ( prayer) room.

All these were not in sync with the approved plan, he said. He added that a police complaint against Mr Sinha will be filed, as per the prescribed rules.