Summary:
The police have registered an FIR against BJP lawmaker Narendra Mehta, Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation Commissioner Balaji Khatgaonkar and few of his subordinates in connection with the sprawling 711 Club in Bhayandar East. In a criminal petition filed by activist Dhiraj Parab, MLA Mehta and few MBMC officials were accused of allowing the clubhouse to be constructed in a regulatory zone. According to the FIR, "The 711 Club falls under a non-development zone and only a single-story gym was permissible here, but the MLA approached MBMC to build a "five-star hotel. It also claims that MBMC officials gave additional FSI on misrepresented grounds that there was a highway connecting to the hotel. In 14 days, Mehta received permission to construct the club with extra FSI..