Following instructions from municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte, the civic officials as well as the structural engineer carried out the inspection of the Altaf Mansion building at Mahim on Thursday.
The BMC will also scrutinise the dossier submitted by building resident Rizwan Merchant, and the complaints received earlier regarding the building.
Meanwhile, the demolition of the remaining portion of Altaf Mansion will also be carried out on Friday, said civic officials. “The building will be razed by using the combo crusher machine. It will take nearly eight hours to complete the demolition,” said additional municipal commissioner M.M. Adtani.
Structural engineer Shashank Mehendale and the civic officials of the planning, development and building proposal department carried out the inspection of the remaining portion of Altaf Mansion. “We have also sent samples of the building pillars for inspection,” said Mr Adtani.
Mr Merchant, who is also a prominent lawyer, had called on Mr Kunte on Wednesday, and demanded strict action against people responsible for the building collapse.
The building had collapsed on June 10, killing 10 and injuring six people.
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RPI leader held for duping six persons
AGE CORRESPONDENT
Mumbai, June 20
A Republican Party Of India (RPI) leader was picked up and
arrested from his residence on the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday for allegedly duping at least six persons to the tune of over lakhs of rupees by promising all of them the same flat at a cheap rate.
According to the Mira Road police, the 36-year-old accused, Ashok Sharma, was picked up from his Mira Road residence on charges of cheating and forgery under the Indian Penal Code.
Explaining the modus operandi used by Sharma, an investigating official said, “He used to promise his victims a particular flat at a relatively cheaper rate as compared to the market price. All the six victims were shown the same flat in Rashmi Hetal building in Kanakia Beverly Park on Mira Road (east) after which he collected a token amount,”
The complainant in the case, Manubhai Vora Devji, had given Sharma `6 lakh in three installments on October 1, 2 and 3 last year as a token amount for the flat.