Expressing displeasure over probe into forging over 880 maps in Madh island in Malad (west), the Bombay High Court on Thursday asked Deputy Collector (encroachments), Mumbai suburb, and BMC officers to remain present before it and respond to claims of their non-cooperation with the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating the case

A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Sandesh D Patil was hearing a plea by Vaibhav Mohan Thakur and others, residents of Erangal in the Madh Island area along the northern coastline of the city.

The petitioners had alleged that the majority of the maps had been manipulated to get reprieve of exemptions under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms and to show the structures were constructed prior to 1964 and attempts were made to

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