WATCH: BMC Demolishes Uddhav Thackeray Sena Faction's Bandra East Office

Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Thursday demolished Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena camp's Bandra East office in the Nirmal Nagar area citing it as "illegal".

BMC demolished Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena camp's Bandra East office

Source : ANI

New Delhi: Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Thursday demolished Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena camp's Bandra East office in the Nirmal Nagar area citing it as "illegal". This comes just days after ED raided a close associate of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray in the BMC field hospital for a Covid scam case.

Video by the news agency PTI showed bulldozers in action while people gathered at the location. Police officials were also present at the site during the demolition.

VIDEO | BMC demolishes Uddhav Thackeray faction's Shiv Sena Shakha in Mumbai's Bandra East. pic.twitter.com/QrqD61h8g0

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 22, 2023

#WATCH | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today demolished an 'illegally' constructed 'shakha' (unit) linked to the Uddhav Thackeray faction in Mumbai's Nirmal Nagar pic.twitter.com/4DnAHztqx7

— ANI (@ANI) June 22, 2023

Reacting to the demolition of the Shakha, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant told PTI, "People are watching how the (Maharashtra) government is acting with hatred and malice."

VIDEO | "People are watching how the (Maharashtra) government is acting with hatred and malice," says Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant on demolition of Shakha in Bandra East by BMC earlier today. pic.twitter.com/CyAVdhiHSu

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 22, 2023

Earlier on Wednesday, Mumbai Police downgraded the security of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, his wife Rashmi, and son Aaditya. According to an official, police removed extra vehicles from the security convoys of Uddhav Thackeray and his family.

As per a Sena (UBT) functionary, the security outside 'Matoshree', the family residence of Thackeray in suburban Bandra, has been reduced too. However, police said that there has been "no downgrading" of any protected person's security.

According to a police official, Mumbai Police had provided an additional vehicle each for the security convoys accompanying former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, his wife Rashmi, and his son, former minister Aaditya.

These additional vehicles have been removed, he said, without specifying the reason. The news agency stated that Uddhav Thackeray enjoys Z+ security while Aaditya has Y+ security cover.

A party official claimed that besides removing extra vehicles, the deployment of security personnel outside 'Matoshree' has also been reduced.

But a police statement clarified that there has been "no withdrawal or downgrading in the scale of security of any categorised protected person residing within the jurisdictional limit of Mumbai Police."