Updated On: 02 January, 2024 12:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
Intriguing details emerge as a committee investigates address mismatches, financial irregularities, and records mishandling in a police housing project

Chandrasekhar Prabhu addressing the cops
The newly formed committee from the ‘DHYAS-Swayam Vikas’ panel, led by Mumbai policemen, both retired and serving (including constables, head constables, assistant sub-inspectors, and sub-inspectors), is troubled by several pressing questions. These questions highlight potential irregularities within the cooperative housing society and raise concerns about the conduct of the promoters, including IPS officials, and the previous committee operating under the banner of “Brihanmumbai Police Sahakari Gruhnirman Society.”
Some of the pertinent questions that trouble the committee include: How is it possible for 650 policemen to share the same address within a single building in Airoli? Why have the names and addresses of police members not been included in the mandated Form I and J, as required by cooperative laws? Moreover, why has the newly elected committee not received complete documentation, such as meeting minutes, despite winning the election months ago? Additionally, why is there a lack of proper records and receipts for many policemen who have paid substantial sums ranging from Rs lakh to Rs 3 lakh?