‘Navy raised threat claim at later date’

MUMBAI: Additional metropolitan commissioner of MMRDA S V R Srinivas on Thursday questioned the Navy for waking up late to the security risk posed by Adarsh building. “It is surprising that the Navy had slept on the matter (building) for so many years and raised the objections to the membership (in 2010) and the security threat at a later date,” Srinivas told the judicial commission while claiming that Adarsh had complied with the rules.
“There was no need for the condition imposed in the commencement certificate issued to Adarsh which required the society to obtain an NOC from the Army before starting construction,” he added. A CBI court rejected the pleas seeking defreezing of accounts filed by P V Deshmukh, former deputy secretary and an accused in the Adarsh scam, and ex-civic chief Jairaj Phatak.