A businessman and RTI activist Manish Kumar Seth has accused political heavyweights of pressuring the Charkop police against taking action on nearly 100 residents of a posh Kandivli building, who have allegedly carried out illegal extensions/alterations. The residents have been issued a notice under section 53 (1) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act for unauthorised extensions to their flats' balconies, windows and duct areas etc.

There is a total of 304 occupants — high-profile businessmen, government officers, politicians, share market brokers, among others etc — in the tony Panchsheel Heights in Mahavir Nagar located in Kandivli West. The complainant, a resident in C Wing, told mid-day that the building is over a decade old.