While the Ghatkopar garden sprawling nearly 9,000 sq mt is currently earmarked as a ‘recreational ground’, the proposal put forth by the BMC seeks to convert nearly 4,293 sq mt of the garden into cemetery and 4,300 sq mt into a hospital.
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MUMBAI: Three Ghatkopar residents were recently convicted and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for attacking a BEST driver in a road rage incident in 2014. The driver told court that passengers and he had objected to one of the accused who was performing stunts on the bike on a crowded Chembur road.
Rupesh Shivgan, Sunil Lodh and Ajay More were found guilty for offences relating to assaulting or using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty, hurting a public servant during discharge of duty and wrongful restraint.
Six witnesses, including the driver, Dilip Shinde, deposed. Shinde told court that on August 18, 2014, the roads were crowded as it was Dahi Handi. He said when the bus reached Chembur naka at 8.40pm, an accused was performing stunts in front of the bus. Shinde said he requested the rider to take the bike aside, but he did not pay heed. He said only after other passengers told him did he move but hurled abuses.