Mumbai housing cooperative society backtracks, won't stop Muslim family from buying flat
A majority of the members of the Co-operative Society had opposed sale of a flat by its owner to a Muslim family.
The housing cooperative which had tried to stop a Muslim family from buying a flat has will no try longer to so, on Saturday.
This comes after an FIR was filed against eleven members of a cooperative housing society in neighbouring Vasai, after a Muslim family was allegedly denied a flat there.
The FIR was lodged at the Manikpur police station late this evening. A majority of the members of Happy Jivan Co-operative Society allegedly opposed sale of a flat by its owner to a Muslim family, a police official said.
A meeting was held on September 4 and a resolution opposing the proposed sale was passed.
The members told K Patel, the flat owner, that he was free to sell the flat to someone within the community but not to a Muslim person.
Following this, Patel approached the police, alleging that the society had refused the No Objection Certificate for the sale.