3 booked for breaking BMC seals and illegally occupying PAP flats in Mumbai

Mumbai: Trombay police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly illegally occupying flats reserved for project-affected persons in Mankhurd.The FIR was registered on a complaint by Prasad Hoke, a BMC assistant security officer responsible for supervising security at rehabilitation buildings in Mankhurd's Maharashtra Nagar.In 2012, Mhada handed over around 2,330 flats to BMC for rehousing eligible beneficiaries under the Shivshahi Rehabilitation Project. According to the complaint, BMC had taken action against unauthorised occupants and sealed several flats in Building No. 11. During an inspection conducted on March 27, civic officials found that three sealed flats — 713, 715 and 716 — had been illegally opened and occupied by Waheeda Arafat Chaudhary, Anis Alam Muklesh Sheikh, and Nizamuddin Dagdu Momin.Police have booked the three accused for illegal trespass, breaking open official seals, and unauthorised occupation of government-allotted rehabilitation flats.