Nearly three years after a mid-day investigation exposed how the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had procured a plot of land in Dahisar, valued at R54 crore at the time, for a whopping Rs 349 crore, the demand for legal action against those responsible is gaining momentum. On Saturday, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya visited the MHB Colony police station and sought registration of an FIR against all parties concerned. 

mid-day had in a report published on October 23, 2020, exposed the inflated deal for the acquisition of the encroached land located in the Eksar village in Dahisar. The BMC’s land acquisition policy allows it to acquire land as long as it is put to use for open spaces or public amenities, and the land in question was reserved for a maternity home and a playground in official records. However, the same policy also dictates that no land can be acquired if there are encroachments on it, and mid-day had revealed how the BMC went ahead with the deal despite a dense slum colony on the land. The deal was signed between the civic body and Nishalp Realties, a private developer.