The Versova police have registered two FIRs against seven people involved in chopping mangroves and illegally constructing around 130 huts, and temples, besides dumping debris at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Nagar at Four Bungalows at Andheri West. All of them are locals. A local activist informed the Forest Department about the mangroves and after an investigation the tehsildar registered the case.

Those involved include Manda Dhavse, Ranjana Waghmare, Sunil Shinde, Aslam Shaikh, Magdut Ali, Rupesh Sawarkar and Saswat Ulwan. Sumit Dhuri, the activist who has an NGO, Shivtej Foundation NGO, informed the FD and tahsildar about the destroyed mangroves. "The accused have not yet been arrested," said a police officer.