The son and daughter-in-law of elderly couple Zarina Banoo Pirani, 67, and Shaban Ali, 75, who are being held hostage inside their Vasai flat by their rogue tenant since September this year, heaved a sigh of relief as the Vasai tehsildar directed both parties to vacate the house within seven days.

Zarina and her bed-ridden husband were confined to the bedroom of the 2BHK house at Mirchandani Garden IRIS housing society in Vasai by their tenant of eight years, Raj Sharma, who is allegedly trying to usurp the property.