No takers for 'Parsi cop-only' flat in Mumbai
Maharashtra Times | Mar 29, 2019, 15:57 IST
The flat in Dhunjiboy Apartment has been kept reserved for police officers belonging to the Parsi communityMUMBAI: As Mumbai Police could not find a single Parsi police officer in search of a house it will have to surrender it's flat in Dhunjiboy Apartment to the Mahalakshmi Wala trust.
The Mahalakshmi Wala trust had rented out its one of the flats in the apartment to Mumbai Police at a nominal price in 1940s. But the trust had also put a condition to rent out the flat - the flat would be given only to a Parsi officer.
The last Parsi officer to stay in this flat was Firoz Ganziya. Ganziya left this flat in 2008. After him, the flat was not rented out to any police officer due to the condition.
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Police commissioner Subodh Jaiswal started E-Awas scheme in order to rent out flats to police officers in Mumbai.
Vinayak Narale, an officer who was transferred from Kolhapur to Mumbai, selected this flat in Taddev and went to stay in it. However, the Parsi community stopped him at the doorstep of the house and asked him to go back as he was a non-Parsi. Narale immediately reported the incident to Taddev police station.
A search for a Parsi officer began soon but the department could find only two Parsi officers. One officer was outside Mumbai on deputation while the other had his own house in some other area.
In absence of Parsi officers, the Mumbai Police have decided to return the flat to Mahalakshmi Wala trust.
The Mahalakshmi Wala trust had rented out its one of the flats in the apartment to Mumbai Police at a nominal price in 1940s. But the trust had also put a condition to rent out the flat - the flat would be given only to a Parsi officer.
The last Parsi officer to stay in this flat was Firoz Ganziya. Ganziya left this flat in 2008. After him, the flat was not rented out to any police officer due to the condition.
Read this story in Marathi
Police commissioner Subodh Jaiswal started E-Awas scheme in order to rent out flats to police officers in Mumbai.
Vinayak Narale, an officer who was transferred from Kolhapur to Mumbai, selected this flat in Taddev and went to stay in it. However, the Parsi community stopped him at the doorstep of the house and asked him to go back as he was a non-Parsi. Narale immediately reported the incident to Taddev police station.
A search for a Parsi officer began soon but the department could find only two Parsi officers. One officer was outside Mumbai on deputation while the other had his own house in some other area.
In absence of Parsi officers, the Mumbai Police have decided to return the flat to Mahalakshmi Wala trust.
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