A massive demolition drive was carried out in the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation area recently after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ordered action against illegal resorts near Arnala beach following a Shiv Sena (UBT) leader’s son’s death.

Milind More, the son of the undivided Shiv Sena’s former Thane district chief Raghunath More and a former deputy city chief and transport committee member, passed away while visiting a resort near Arnala beach with his family when a dispute with residents escalated into an attack.