The dispute between the Shiv Sena, BJP and BMC over the Aarey tree-cutting proposal just got more complicated. After the municipal secretary department delayed the handing over of a revised copy of the minutes of the last Tree Authority (TA) meeting where the proposal was cleared, two additional municipal commissioners and the deputy municipal commissioner on Tuesday visited the municipal secretary, a man of lower rank, to enquire about it.

The officials also asked for a certified copy, which stated the TA had given its nod to clear 2,700 trees from Aarey. Sources said it was unusual for senior officers to visit a lower ranked official to procure files. Incidentally, the municipal secretary department comes under the standing committee chairman, Yashwant Jadhav, who is a Shiv Sena corporator.