Mumbai : Asgar Ali Vora, an 81-year-old school friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, got back his land from a BJP MLA in Maharashtra’s Mira-Bhayandar days after meeting the PM and seeking his intervention. BJP MLA Narendra Mehta said he was relinquishing possession of the disputed plot and returning the construction permission granted for it.
Vora, who studied with PM Modi at BN School in Gujarat’s Vadnagar, met the Prime Minister on September 8 and alleged that builders linked to Mehta had encroached upon his land in Bhayandar East. Vora claimed that he purchased around 2,810 square metres of land in Navghar, Bhayandar East, through a registered agreement in 1989 and never sold or transferred it.
Swayam Builders was shown as being in possession of one portion, while the other was linked to Seven Eleven Constructions, associated with Mehta. He also alleged that the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation’s Town Planning Department granted construction permission on the disputed land despite his ownership claim. Vora sought a CBI probe into the alleged forgery and the role of builders and government officials.
Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Shrikar Pardeshi chaired a meeting at the state secretariat attended by Vora, Mehta, Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation Commissioner Radha Vinod Sharma and Town Planner Purushottam Shinde. Mehta submitted a letter to the Town Planning Department saying he was relinquishing possession of the disputed land and returning the construction permit.
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