Expressing shock over allegations of a graveyard in Pune being dug and skeletons pulled out for development and construction of five SRA buildings, the Bombay High Court today sought reply from the Pune Municipal Corporation and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority.

A division bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and S C Gupte was hearing a public interest litigation by one Mushtaque Fakhruddin alleging that a three-acre land having a Masjid and burial ground was fraudulently sanctioned for development by the civic body in connivance with a developer Golden Constructions.