A day after the suburban revenue department received a report from the state mangrove cell regarding the alleged destruction of mangroves by comedian-actor Kapil Sharma, the Versova police on Saturday night filed a first information report against Sharma on a complaint from the Andheri tehsildar. In the FIR, Sharma is accused of violating the Environment Protection Act, 1986. On September 10, activists filed complaints against Sharma and his neighbours for violating environmental laws by dumping debris and destroying mangroves at SV Patel Nagar at Versova, Andheri (West). “After receiving the report, we found that the mangrove cell had highlighted the violation at Sharma’s plot. “While the owners of some houses have made extensions to existing properties, others have either dumped garbage or treated the area as their backyard,” said Makarand Ghotke, assistant conservator of forests, state mangrove cell.

Source: Hindustan Times September 18, 2016 18:45 UTC