Actor Sonu Sood has been saved from the hammer, literally. Just three days after the K West ward office sent him a demolition notice over illegal additions and alterations to a residential complex converted into a hotel in Juhu, the municipal commissioner gave the necessary approvals for the premises.

Sood's application for requisite permissions had not been approved for over a year-and-a-half owing to various technicalities pointed out by civic officials. The approval given on February 7 comes less than a month after Lokayukta demanded to know why necessary action was not taken. mid-day had reported in January and February, 2019 about the residential premises being used as lodging and boarding without necessary permissions. Each time Sood applied for clearance, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) pointed out flaws.