Campa Cola eviction: Complaint filed against defiant residents

Mumbai In face of increasing resistance to eviction from Campa Cola compound residents the civic body here has filed a police complaint against those preventing officials from implementing the Supreme Court order even as its team has decided to try again to convince the occupants to leave the illegal flats today before opting for use of forceResidents of the Campa Cola compound block the entry of BMC officials yesterdayAlso readCampa Cola demolition Why BMC didnt force entry in compoundAccording to Worli police the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai MCGM officials approached the cops late last evening armed with the video recording of their thwarted attempts yesterday to enter the housing complex in South Mumbai to cut off essential supplies to illegal flatsThe MCGM approached us late last night and filed a complaint against the residents of the Society They have also provided us with the video footage of their attempts to enter the compound which was blocked by the residents an official from Worli police station told PTI The video recording will be examined and suitable action will be taken against the offenders the official saidOnce we examine the footage provided to us by the authorities we will take start further action Today we will be accompanying the MCGM officials to the compound to maintain law and order We might be forced to take immediate action if the residents dont comply with the Supreme Court orders the official addedA case has been registered against the offenders under IPC Sections 353 Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty Section 341 Punishment for wrongful restraint Section 141 Unlawful assembly Section 142 Being member of unlawful assembly Section 143 Punishment for unlawful assembly Section 145 Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly knowing it has been commanded to disperse Section 149 Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object and various sections of the Mumbai Police ActYesterday as the deadline set by authorities for vacating the flats ended high drama was witnessed when MCGM officials descended on the upscale housing society in Worli only to be greeted with closed gates and implacable residents blocking them with repeated chants of we want justiceYesterday the authorities who intended to cut off electricity water and piped gas supplies to 102 illegal flats on the premises as part of their plan to force the occupants to vacate before demolition could be undertaken had to beat a retreat after two failed attempts to convince the residents We will try to talk to the residents 23 times more and make them understand the importance of the Supreme Court order If they do not relent we might use force to carry out the courts orders Mohan Adtani Additional Municipal Commissioner had told PTIAdtani had also said that MCGM will also file a contempt petition in the Supreme Court in the next few days We have videorecorded the entire proceedings We now have proof in our hands We are mulling the idea of filing a contempt petition in the Supreme Court in the next couple of days he added