MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Hema Malini’s plans to start a dance academy on a plot of land in Mumbai’s Andheri area hit a roadblock after an activist accused her of land-grabbing, NDTV reports.
A month ago, the Maharashtra government had allotted a prime 2,000-square-meter plot to the Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha member in the suburban upmarket Oshiwara area for her proposed dance academy.
According to documents procured under the Right to Information (RTI) by activist Anil Galgali, Hema Malini was allotted the plot worth crores of rupees for a paltry Rs70,000.
“Not only that, this is the second time Hema Malini has been allotted a prime plot in the Mumbai suburbs. Earlier, in 1997, the (then) Shiv Sena-BJP government had given her a plot of land, but she could not develop it due to CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) issues,” Galgali told IANS. He claimed that though Hema Malini has not yet returned the earlier plot, the current government has allotted her another plot.
Hema Malini accused of ‘land-grabbing’
Hema Malini accused of ‘land-grabbing’
