A city-based advocate’s letter to the BEST general manager has revealed that a car dealer, who runs a business of buying and selling second-hand vehicles, has been allegedly using a depot of the undertaking for his business. As per the letter, he has kept his vehicles parked at the Gorai BEST depot in stark violation of norms. The BEST administration had opened up some of its depots a couple of years back for parking of vehicles, but as per the rules they were never meant for carrying out commercial activities.

Advocate Manjula Biswas in her letter to the BEST has highlighted the alleged violations of norms. mid-day is in possession of the letter dated November 23, 2021. The letter further mentions that car dealer Sunny Panchal, who is the owner of Gravityy Motors, has allegedly defaulted on payment for using the parking lot and continues to use the premises for his business. Speaking to mid-day, Biswas claimed that flouting of norms could be possible due to two reasons — BEST officials are aware of the misuse of the parking space, but are turning a blind eye to the problem or officials are not inspecting the space properly.