Man held for running illegal parking lot at Colaba

The police officials went and inquired about the man. He was identified as Shivkumar Soni and told the police that he works for a private company who has been given a contract to run a parking lot.

The police then conducted an inquiry and learnt that BMC has awarded them a contract of running a parking lot on P Ramchandani Road, which is adjacent to Best Road. However, Soni had started occupying the vacant space on Best Road and was using it for parking.

“He had started charging motorists by allowing them to park their vehicles on Best Road, who’s contract was initially offered to their firm but they did not take,” an officer said, while adding, “As he has defrauded people by using vacant space of the government to operate a parking lot, a case of cheating has been registered against him.”

The Colaba police said that they are yet to make an arrest in the case, as they are trying to ascertain whether it was Soni who was committing the crime or the company was also involved.