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The current trust denies the allegations and states that there is no construction happening at the mosque..
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sent a stop work notice to Juma Masjid on Janjikar Street in South Mumbai after former trust members alleged that illegal construction was going on inside the mosque..
The civic body in its letter to the trust said, Unauthorised work is in progress of recasting of six numbers of RCC column of approximately 1.2 metre height inside the premises of Juma Masjid, behind the heritage structure without taking prior permissions from the competent authority i.e., BMC..
Roghay said that his forefathers had donated funds for the renovation and expansion of the mosque and alleged that the current trust was carrying out illegal construction work inside the premises which may damage the heritage structure..
The only response I received from the BMC is that there was no illegal or structural construction work going on, only work like plastering and tiling was on, after which I decided to move the Bombay high court, he said, adding that In elections held in 2016, the first lot of six present trustees were elected and in 2019 the second lot of five trustees were elected..
