Amitabh Bachchan’s lawyer responds to the BMC notice for illegal construction

On Wednesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had sent a legal notice to Amitabh Bachchan and few more celebs for illegal construction on their respective properties in and around Mumbai.  Mr Bachchan, in particular, had received a notice for his Goregaon property in Mumbai. Now, Big B’s lawyer Ameet Naik has denied these allegations and has released a statement which read, “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.”

Apart from Mr Bachchan, BMC had also sent a legal notice to filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay Vyas, Haresh Khandelwal, Pankaj Bajaj, Harish Jagtiani and Oberoi Realty under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act. According to an RTI activist Anil Galgali, “The notices were sent after variations were observed by the BMC’s P-South Ward Office, in contrast to the Approved Plan of the bungalows scheme in Oberoi Realty’s Ciba Layout, near the Film City. They were ordered to remove the violations or submit a fresh plan to the Building Proposals Department.” (Also Read: Taapsee reunites with ‘Pink’ co-star Amitabh Bachchan, on ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 9’)

Earlier, a BMC team which had inspected the site had found lifts uninstalled, basement work not done according to the sanction plan. Galgali had said, “The BMC did not wait for any clarifications and demolished the unauthorised constructions of actor Shah Rukh Khan. It has also booked comedian Kapil Sharma and other stars promptly for flouting various laws. Then why they are dilly-dallying when the matter concerns Amitabh Bachchan and other celebrities?”

Post a statement from Amitabh Bachchan we now wait to hear from the BMC officials.

Inputs from IANS

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