Speaking about the family, the neighbours said Savla's two sons worked at the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) in Vashi.
Days after 86-year-old Maniben Savla was rescued from her 'garbage home' in Mulund, more shocking details in the case have emerged. Some neighbours told dna on Friday that Savla's two daughters were often seen begging and collecting scraps in the vicinity. For the last nine years, the paralysed elderly had been living in the Guide Society apartment, where her four children were storing rotting garbage for years. The high-end, nearly 2,000 sqft flat is estimated to be worth Rs 3 crore.
Speaking about the family, the neighbours said Savla's two sons worked at the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) in Vashi. "But a number of us have seen the daughters beg for food and collect scrap, which they would then take to the flat. All four would leave home by around 6am and then return late at night. They would often have dinner on the staircase," said Chirag Gandhi, chairman of the society. He added, "We didn't know that their mother was living with them."
Last Monday, following numerous complaints from the residents, the Mulund police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) staffers removed eight truckloads of garbage from the apartment. The clean-up happened only after the local MLA's intervention.
"We had been requesting them to clean their apartment for a long time. We feel they were deliberately dumping the garbage in the house to harass everyone," said Gandhi. A resident, who did not wish to be named, said, "Savla brothers – Chunni Lal (66) and Hari Bhai (64) – are traders at APMC in Navi Mumbai. While they are level-headed when it comes to business skills and paying society taxes on time, they seemed to be converting their house into a mini dumpyard to harass us."
Meanwhile on Friday, the area still stank terribly with pests such as rats and cockroaches running around the society. dna tried to approach the Savla siblings, but they were unavailable for comments. Maniben is still under medication at Agrawal hospital, and according to doctors, she is recovering. "We will approach the siblings again. If they do not mend their ways, we will try to get them out of the society," said a resident.
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