Kangana's Amended Plea: BMC Site Notes At Odds With Its Report

Mumbai: Challenging BMC’s 24-hour demolition notice as “hasty and high-handed…illegal and an abuse of power”, actor Kangana Ranaut questioned the absence of the civic body’s ‘detection report’ dated September 5 in her amended petition. She contended that the same day, she had “stirred a controversy” by making a statement “critical of Mumbai Police”. Ranaut said her statements had “caused angst to a political party, which is part of the state government”. “The same party is the ruling party in the municipal corporation”, said the petition.

- Swati Deshpande

On September 9, the Shiv Sena-ruled BMC had started demolition of alleged unauthorised constructions at Ranaut’s Bandra bungalow a few hours before her scheduled arrival to Mumbai. On Monday, she returned to her hometown in Himachal Pradesh.

On September 10, Ranaut’s advocate Rizwan Siddiquee had informed the HC that he would, by Monday, amend the 29-page petition filed hastily against the demolition notice.