Bombay HC orders BMC to stop demolition drive in Kangana Ranaut’s office
- Sep 09, 2020,
- Updated Sep 09, 2020, 12:48 AM IST
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed the demolition drive being undertaken by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) at the property of Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut in Mumbai here.
Ranaut, through her lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui, had moved the High Court against the demolition of what the BMC termed as “illegal alterations” at her office.
Earlier today, Ranaut took to Twitter to state “my Mumbai is POK now” and posted photographs of city municipal corporation officials demolishing parts of her property in the city.
The BMC had on Tuesday served a “stop-work” notice to Ranaut for alleged unauthorized construction in her office in Mumbai, mentioning 14 violations after taking note of several “illegal” alterations. On Monday, the civic body had carried out an inspection at the office of the actor turned filmmaker’s film company ‘Manikarnika Films.’
The office is situated in Mumbai’s Pali Hills. Earlier this morning, Ranaut, through her lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui, responded to the civic body’s notice, accusing it of trespassing on her property and making false claims.
Kangana had earlier also posted on Twitter: “There is no illegal construction in my house, also the government has banned any demolitions in COVID till September 30, Bollywood watch now this is what Fascism looks like”.
Ranaut has been engaged in a bitter war of words with Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut after her remarks that she feels unsafe in Mumbai and has no trust in the Mumbai Police after the death of the actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
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