Overview

• Demolition squads under Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao targeted illegal buildings across nine wards, dismantling everything from full structures to plinths and extensions.
• The High Court directed departmental and criminal proceedings against former Assistant Commissioner Faruk Shaikh over allegations he accepted bribes to shield unauthorized constructions.
• Faruk Shaikh was suspended from service and confined to TMC headquarters pending a report due in three weeks under the court’s instructions.
• A First Information Report was registered under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act against offenders in the Lokmanya Nagar–Savarkar Nagar ward.
• Hundreds of residents in Mumbra’s Khan Compound protested the drive, citing lack of prior notice and raising concerns about displacement during the monsoon.