An official told news agency PTI that a 'mazar' like structure being constructed unauthorizedly off the coast of Mahim in Mumbai was on Thursday removed by district collectorate
Mumbai City Resident Collector Sadanand Jadhav told PTI the 'mazar' and the structure around it had come up illegally on revenue department land
A six-member team was formed for its demolition with the help of personnel from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and Mumbai police, he added
MNS chief Raj Thackeray had warned about the structure in his 'Gudi Padwa Melawa' speech at Shivaji Park on Wednesday evening
At the rally, Raj Thackeray showed a clip in which he claimed a mosque was being built in the sea in the Mahim area of Mumbai for the last two years. The MNS chief said if no action is taken in the matter in a month, his party will build a Ganesh temple at the same site
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