The next time you file an application for a flat from the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) online, be very careful, as the Kherwadi police have found 26 fake websites of the government agency for the 2018 lottery in Mumbai. The matter came to light after senior MHADA officials received many queries about the lottery, and in an internal probe, the IT Department of the housing body found the websites.

Sanjay Bhagwat, a senior MHADA official, said that when they were asked to look into the case, they just typed ‘MHADA lottery 2018’ on a search engine and found many such websites which contained information their department had not given. "These websites had misleading information which is why we informed the police," he added.