Fresh probe ordered

"I have ordered a fresh investigation,” Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria was quoted as saying in Mumbai Mirror (MM) of June 29, 2015. He was referring to the probe by the MRA Police Station when the sealed cupboards of the late chief executive officer of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) Mehli Colah were opened in September 2014 and Rs 21 lakh in unaccounted cash along with some jewelry were found inside. A few BPP trustees linked this amount to the controversial transfer of tenancy of the Dady House property in the Fort area owned by the trust. BPP chairman Dinshaw Mehta claimed that only Rs 45 lakhs was paid while some others alleged it was Rs 65 lakhs. Ironically, the discrepancy in the claims amounted to Rs 20 lakhs, mentioned MM.
A complaint was made to the MRA police in this regard. In May 2015 the MRA police submitted an 11-page report and closed the case. However, community activists and four BPP trustees felt there was more to this than met the eye. "Police overlooked certain issues while investigating the case. How can I believe the authenticity of the police report at a time when the Anti Corruption Bureau has recorded majority cases of corruption against the police?” activist Arzan Ghadially told MM. The BPP trustees Arnavaz Mistry, Jimmy Mistry, Khojeste Mistree and Yazdi Desai wrote to Maria stating that "the police investigation has been shoddy and merely based on statements made by BPP staff members, trustees and persons without proper investigations.” A trustee told MM that "receiving such a huge amount in cash either through donations, or some cash transaction, or through sale proceeds of belongings of some Parsi deceased, without issuing receipt or knowledge of the trustees, is illegal. All BPP staff members including Mr Colah were aware about this rule.”