Thayil alleged that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials have disconnected the watersupply and electricity connection of her room on Agrawal’s behest.

She alleged that Agrawal took the action after she and her husband learnt that he was violating rules and regulations while redeveloping Safalya co-operative housing society at Sewree, where the Thayils originally stayed. Since the BMC had authorised Agarwal to redevelop the building in 2005, he had shifted the 230 residents of Safalya in adjacent transit camps.