Mumbai: BMC files police complaint against Sonu Sood for 'converting Juhu residential building into hotel'

Sonu Sood

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has filed a complaint at Juhu police station against actor Sonu Sood and his wife Sonali Sood for allegedly converting a six-storey residential building in Juhu into a hotel without the civic body's permission.

In the complaint, the BMC said that the actor and his wife violated the provisions of the Maharashtra Region and Town Planning (MRTP) Act by doing unauthorised additions/alterations to their property in the Shakti Sagar building in Juhu.

BMC official Mandar Wakankar from K west ward has submitted the complaint to the police and requested to take cognisance of the matter and take legal action.

Following a complaint by a social activist, the BMC filed its complaint. The police are now probing the matter before proceeding further.

On his part, Sood has claimed that he has done nothing illegal, secured all the necessary permissions and was only awaiting a nod from the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA).

Back in June 2018, Sood had submitted an application to the BMC's K-West Ward Building Proposal Department, proposing to convert his residential premises into a lodging-cum-boarding facility.

The BMC returned the proposal in September 2018 directing him to comply with all the norms and submit an amended proposal, which has reportedly not been done so far.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party slammed the BMC move alleging it was an act of 'vendetta' on the lines of the action taken against actress Kangana Ranaut.

BJP spokesperson Ram Kadam questioned how when the same premises were turned into a quarantine facility last year by the BMC and there was nothing wrong , it now suddenly found the premises to be illegal, and asked the civic body to 'beware' of targeting a famous personality.

(With inputs from IANS)