Mumbai's civic body, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has issued an order to a subsidiary of real-estate giant DB Realty to stop work on an under-construction residential project close to Arthur Road jail, which houses 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Qasab as well as many other criminals.

The order dated September 1 issued the stop-work order to Shanti Nagar Ventures for its project, Orchid View. Shanti Nagar Ventures is a 100% subsidiary of DB Realty Ltd, owned by Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, both of whom are co-accused in the 2G scam.