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The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) demolished alleged amerciable constructions astatine the residence and different properties of AIMIM corporator Matin Patel, booked for harbouring Nashik TCS accused Nida Khan, officials said.
Ms. Khan was arrested successful cardinal Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar connected May 7, with constabulary claiming that All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) person Mr. Patel provided her shelter.
On May 9, the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation issued a announcement to Mr. Patel implicit alleged amerciable constructions successful the city's Naregaon area, seeking a clarification from him wrong 72 hours. If nary reply is received from Mr. Patel, the corp has the authorization to determine the property's fate, the announcement said.
Mr. Patel aboriginal moved the tribunal seeking a enactment successful the matter, but it was not granted. On Wednesday (May 13, 2026) morning, the civic assemblage unit demolished amerciable constructions astatine Mr. Patel's house, bureau and immoderate shops nether constabulary security, Mayor Sameer Rajurkar told PTI.
Earlier, connected Tuesday (May 12) night, erstwhile AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel met Patel's household successful Naregaon, criticising the civic body's "haste".
"We sought a week from the court, but the municipal corp is successful a hurry to demolish the constructions. It is simply a important clip for each of us, but aft demolition, we volition physique a location for Matin and his household that the state volition see," Mr. Jaleel said, addressing supporters aft the meeting.
Mayor Rajurkar connected Monday (May 11) said the process of cancelling the corporatorship of Mr. Patel volition beryllium undertaken aft documents related to his spot are verified.
"If Mr. Patel has indulged successful illegalities, his rank of the civic assemblage should beryllium cancelled. Action has been initiated nether the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, which intelligibly states that nary accusation should beryllium hidden erstwhile the information signifier for civic polls is filed," helium had said.
Nida Khan is accused successful a lawsuit related to alleged spiritual conversion and intersexual harassment of immoderate women colleagues astatine a Nashik portion of TCS. Mr. Patel has been named arsenic an accused successful the lawsuit for providing refuge to Khan.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Nashik constabulary is probing 9 cases of molestation and harassment astatine the IT major's Nashik unit.
TCS has clarified that it has adopted a zero-tolerance argumentation towards harassment and coercion of immoderate signifier for a agelong time, and the employees allegedly progressive successful intersexual harassment astatine the Nashik bureau person been suspended.
