Overview
- The municipal corporation moved in Wednesday after a court refused Matin Patel’s request for more time to answer notices on alleged illegal construction.
- Officials said the action covered a house and other premises tied to Patel, including the bungalow where police say Nida Khan stayed before her May 7 arrest.
- Patel has been named for allegedly harbouring Khan, and the mayor said his corporatorship could be cancelled if illegal construction is confirmed.
- Nida Khan is in 14-day judicial custody in the Nashik case, with the police SIT probing nine FIRs that cite sexual harassment, hurting religious sentiments and the SC/ST Atrocities Act.
- Investigators are examining digital and financial trails, with reports of phone cloning, recovery of deleted data and a seized bank passbook, as political leaders trade accusations and TCS says it has suspended implicated staff under a zero‑tolerance policy.