The Thane police have booked five individuals after political party workers alleged that four of the accused had been illegally operating from an Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation town planner’s office. The complainants have demanded a probe into the matter. According to Prakash Mulay, the town planner, who is one of the people booked, one of the accused is his driver.

After a departmental inquiry, the UMC administrator directed officials to register a complaint against the four private persons and the town planner. Meanwhile, Mulay who was on leave for the past three months, claimed he was not given a chance to explain and asked why other civic officials didn’t object to the quartet working in his office in his absence.