A major controversy has erupted in Mumbai over Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray's allegation that a drone was used to spy on his family's residence, Matoshree. The transcript quotes Aditya Thackeray stating 'he found a drone peeping into his residence'. He has questioned the authorities, asking why the family was not informed beforehand if it was an official survey and why the drone was hovering specifically near his home. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the Mumbai Police have refuted the snooping claims, clarifying that the drone was part of a pre-approved, official survey for a project in the adjacent Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). The incident has sparked a political row, with the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) raising serious concerns about security and a potential conspiracy, while officials maintain it was a routine, authorized activity.
00:00And we have some big news coming in from Maharashtra.
00:08It seems that Aditya Thakre is making a big snooping charge.
00:14He is claiming that drones are being used to spy at him inside his home.
00:21Aditya Thakre has said that he found a drone peeping into his residence.
00:27In fact, when he tried to find out more about it, Aditya Thakre claims that the civic officials told him that the drones were being used for survey.
00:37He claimed that they said that it was for the MMRDA or the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority that the survey was being done and he was informed that.
00:48But he raised a question as to if the survey was being done, why were they not informed?
00:55And then why was it selectively hovering around his home?
01:02So this is a big claim coming from Aditya Thakre who is saying that authorities are snooping at him.
01:11He has claimed that he found a drone peeping into his residence.
01:15And when he raised these questions with the authority, he was informed that it is being done for a survey.
01:22The survey, which is supposed to be conducted by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority or the MMRDA.
01:29And Aditya Thakre says that he does not really believe this claim because he said that why was that drone peeping only in his house?
01:38And he also raised the issue of information as to why they were not informed beforehand of any survey that was being conducted in their area.
01:48So this is a huge claim that Aditya Thakre is making.
01:53And joining us now is India Today's Mustafa Sheikh.
01:56Mustafa, what is this all about?
01:58Well, this story is about Matosri, the residents of Odhdav Thakre and Aditya Thakre.
02:04The Thakre stay there.
02:07The backyard of Matosri is the Bandra-Korla complex.
02:11So there were drones which were spotted flying around this area.
02:16And Thakre have always had maximum security in terms of any kind of threat and things like that.
02:23So the issue was raised by Shipsana UBT seconded by Aditya Thakre that this is something of a larger conspiracy which has taken place.
02:32MMRDA and the Mumbai Police have said that the MMRDA, which is a planning authority for infrastructure,
02:37had taken permission for flying these drones because a taxi pod project which is coming up in Bandra-Korla complex
02:44for which the survey was needed and hence this issue was brought up and the drone survey was being done.
02:50But Thakre said that if it was a planned thing, then why they were not informed about it?
02:56And they have raised a concern about it after which the police and everybody has informed them that this was the issue
03:01and this was a planned activity which had taken place.
03:05But the Shipsana UBT claimed that this was part of some larger snooping conspiracy activity.
03:10Right. Thank you very much Mustafa for all those details.
03:15So clearly there are huge claims made by Aditya Thakre but it is being refuted by the authorities.
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