Hundreds of families residing in 41 illegal buildings in Agrawal Nagar, Nalasopara, will be homeless as the Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation to proceed with its demolition plans, noting that the eviction deadline was set for 30 October, the builders should have approached the high court earlier.
Arun Gupta, the builder involved in the land’s development, is the son of Sitaram Gupta, a former corporator of the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi political party, who was arrested on charges of forgery and cheating in connection with the alleged grabbing of private and government land.