Fadnavis assures them that he will ask the BMC commissioner to start redeveloping their building in the next 10 days
Residents from Ghatkopar's Sai Siddhi building that collapsed on Tuesday have demanded that an FIR be filed against Sunil Shitap for murder. A delegation of residents from the building met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday and demanded that Shitap be booked under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder. The delegation also demanded his expulsion from the cooperative housing society.
During the meeting that took place at the Vidhan Bhavan, residents informed Fadnavis how Shitap had intimidated them with threats when they had opposed him on unauthorised construction.
"We also requested the CM to arrange for temporary accommodations until the building is redeveloped," said Binita Ramchandani, who was part of the delegation.
Fadnavis agreed to the request for housing and directed Housing Development Minister Prakash Mehta in this regard. He also assured the residents that he would speak to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on starting the redevelopment process in the next 10 days.
Fadnavis, however, said that the demand for filing a case under Section 302 cannot be met with at this point. An official from the Chief Minister's Office said the CM explained to the delegation that imposing irrelevant sections could make the case weak. The official said that the residents were, however, assured that necessary action would be taken once the inquiry report was complete.
Lalit Thak, who had moved into Sai Siddhi building only three months before the collapse said, "I had taken a loan to buy the house. The government should auction the Sai Siddhi plot and provide compensation to residents of the building."
Shitap, accused of causing the collapse by carrying out unauthorised alterations on the ground floor, has been booked under sections 304 (II) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code.
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