Members of the Standing Committee in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have raised the issue of dying rain trees in the city. In a meeting yesterday, authorities demanded strict action against the culprits who poisoned and killed a Malad rain tree on Sunday, an incident this paper had reported.

CRUEL intentions: Ashtekar had alleged that the tree had been killed systematically with a chemical injection, so it could be harvested for wood. PICS/Sameer Markande