After failing to get a stay order from the Bombay High Court, businessman K V Satyamurty had to part with a portion of his property in Juhu as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation demolished its boundary wall on Thursday. After claiming the portion of Satyamurty's property for a road-widening project, civic officials will now turn to claim the setback area (distance between a property and road/river, etc) of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan's bungalow Prateeksha, the neighbouring building.

Both Satyamurty and Bachchan's property are located on Sant Dyaneshwar Marg which is being widened from 40 metres to 50 metres. Civic officials from K West office carried out the demolition of the boundary wall of the building named Anuradha Satyamurty Residency. "He [Satyamurty] had utilised the TDR [transfer of developmental rights] benefit around 12 years ago but was unwilling to hand over the land. After following due process of law, we carried out the demolition action," said a senior civic official adding that the setback area measures 112 square metres.