The Mumbai Mayor has landed in controversy for inaugurating an illegal restaurant. According to a point of order raised by MNS corporator Sandip Deshpande in Monday's standing committee meeting, Mayor Snehal Ambekar inaugurated a hookah parlour called Ustaadi at Dockyard Road in south Mumbai on November 6. But the parlour had been served a notice for illegal construction by the BMC more than 2 weeks ago and the civic body is now in the process of prosecuting them under section 351 of the MMC Act

On November 6, the Mayor inaugurated a charcoal lounge called Ustaadi at Dockyard Road. According to a popular restaurant review website, this lounge has hookah available. But it seems the Mayor was unaware of this, and also unaware of the fact that BMC itself had served a notice to the restaurant under section 351 of the MMC Act. This means the restaurant or a part of it is illegal.