Peshawar: Pakistani authorities have lodged an FIR against the new owners of legendary Bollywood actor-director Raj Kapoor&rsquo;s historic family haveli for demolishing the building which is a national heritage site.
<img title="The haveli in Peshawar. Pic/Wikipedia" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/jan/19kapoor-haveli.jpg" alt="The haveli in Peshawar. Pic/Wikipedia" /> The haveli in Peshawar. Pic/Wikipedia
The Directorate of Archaeology and Museums on Sunday lodged the FIR at Khan Raziq police station against the owners of the nearly century-old haveli situated at Dhaki Munawar Shah.
The new owners of the building had pulled down its first storey for construction of a commercial plaza on it. The doors and window panes on the second and third floors were also removed last week.
On Saturday, the Archives department obtained a stay from a local court to save the demolition of the historic haveli. Also, Peshawar Museum in-charge Nawazuddin filed a case against homeowners Israr, Ali Qadir and Hassan Qadir for violating the K-P Antiquities Act 1997 under which more than 70 years old buildings cannot be changed without the consent of the government as well as the archaeology department.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has declared the houses of Peshawar-born Bollywood actors Kapoor and Dilip Kumar as heritage to protect and preserve them.
Kapoor&rsquo;s father Prithviraj Kapoor had constructed this house in 1920, where the &lsquo;Mera Naam Joker&rsquo; star and his siblings were born.
The Kapoor family later shifted to India after Partition. During the previous Awami National Party government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the house was declared National heritage but no cogent step was taken to preserve it.
Meanwhile, a process claiming to secure the building was under way and officials said the owners committed a crime by violating the antiquity law. The provincial administration had earlier tried to buy the house to convert it into a museum but the plan could not come through.

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Pakistani authorities have lodged an FIR against the new owners of legendary Bollywood actor-director Raj Kapoor's historic family haveli for demolishing the building which is a national heritage site

FIR against owners of Raj Kapoor's haveli in Pakistan

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