BMC issues demolition notice to Arshad Warsi

Mumbai: Film actor Arshad Warsi is likely to face action from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) next week for allegedly carrying out illegal construction in his bungalow at Versova. The BMC officials made it clear that they would demolish the illegal construction in Warsi’s bungalow in the coming days by issuing yet another demolition notice.

According to civic officials, the second floor of the actor’s house, measuring about 1,300 square feet, has been built illegally and needs to be demolished. “We will issue another notice, asking him to allow the BMC to carry out demolition. If he does not respond on his own, we will carry out the demolition next week,” said Prashant Gaikwad, assistant commissioner of H-West ward.

According to civic officials, the BMC had earlier issued a demolition notice to Warsi’s bungalow number 10 in Air India Cooperative Society (Shantiniketan), in Versova, asking him to remove the illegal structure. As his bungalow was closed, they could just carry out a symbolic demolition.

Warsi and his wife Maria Goretti had reportedly bought the bungalow in 2012 from an Air India official. While renovating the property, the actor allegedly carried out the illegal construction, about which the society members complained to the BMC.

In 2013, when the civic body decided to remove the illegal addition, the actor managed to get a stay order from court. After a gap of four years, the court recently lifted the stay order.