Received from Mr Vasanwala
Please click following YouTube link to Nafisaben Masalawalla narrates her plight at hands of Kothari goondas. It will make you cry. Must read following articles.
http://youtu.be/FKPUV0bojYk Part1
http://youtu.be/hWLTtYd8ISE Part2
http://youtu.be/JDc25lZP48A Part3
http://youtu.be/vP5qqM53plg Part4
http://youtu.be/hz6h9y-jAcQ Part5
When Syedna Taher Saifuddin died in Matheran hill station, most prudent thing was to bury him in Matheran only, purchasing several acre lands for building a mausoleum. That way, Bohras would have enjoyed going to a hill station in name of Ziyarat. However then, Yusuf Najmuddin was all powerful and made crazy decision to bury Taher Saifuddin in Bhendi Bazar slum. In doing so, he robbed Mr. Bandukwala built Masjid, Jumatkhana, and his Qabar.. Then they started raising millions for constructing his Mausoleum. However Mausoleum had no exposure to outside public from Ibrahim Rehmatulla Roads so they started evicting tenants through threats, bullying, bribes, goonda-gardi, family pressure, Jamat kharij etc.. Most tenants left. Nevertheless, due to Syedna internal family disputes, things didn’t move. It is said Yusuf Najmuddin was murdered when he was Egypt; and big impedance to Mohammed Burhanuddin’s family was removed. His body was not brought to India, lest he become an attractive Ziyrat. This is the same America did; sea burial to Ladin. Now no one cries for Yusuf Najmuddin, no pictures of his in Bohras’ houses, no Mojeza, no mention of his name in Waez; a powerful person just evaporated.
Real estate values started skyrocketing and there was no land available. Many shrewd builder and politicians sold a plan to Burhanuddin for redeveloping Bhendi bazar by kicking out current tenants of hundreds of surrounding buildings in name of slum redevelopment. That way Syedna and builders could make billions and trillions. Good buildings were made dilapidated thorough goonda mischief. Most of residents left, save few diehards. Qaid Johar who is in charge of redevelopment resumed tactic of doubling the physical threats, court cases, shouting, Jamat kharij, and shaming.
Ms. Nafisa Masalawalla, her two sisters, and her one brother stayed put despite of cutting her water and electricity. She is demanding fair compensation --- provide her similar residence in the same area; or pay her market rate of Rs. three crores. Kothar, though pays crores in bribes, does not want to give a penny to Nafisaben for teaching lesson to all Bohras. “Ham se jo takarega---Mitti meiN mil jayega” હમ સે જો ટકરાયગા---મિટ્ટી મેં મિલ જાયગા. Don’t dare oppose Kothar.
Mr. Nasir Chhipa is a non-Bohra Gujarati Muslim. When he heard how Kothar is subjugating Bohras, as a good human being, he wanted to do something. He met several victims of Syedna boycotts and those poor who were asked to cough up exorbitant Wajebat, in Bombay and Udaipur. He filmed them and uploaded on YouTube.
Recently, Mr. Nasir Chhipa came to know about plight of above 40-year-old Bohra woman Nafisaben Masalwalla, the lone fighter resisting Syednas’ eviction from her abode since birth. Mr. Nasir Chhipa introduced her to me. Yesterday I talked to Nafisaben and heard her story. She is in last gasp of eviction and needed money to pay her lawyer. I have rushed good amount through Muslim friends and promised her to raise money for her cause. Monday 4th August 2014 is her date in court. Right now, she has stay order against eviction; on Monday judge will decide lifting the stay. Kothar pays off judges and politicians in crores. If she loses, police will come, arrest the family –2 elder sisters and a brother, vacate her property, and throw her belongings on street. Press will be paid to write news that Nafisaben is a troublemaker who harassed Syedna plan.
Please send your donations for helping her. I have created a separate fund for her legal and survival. She, her bother, and two sisters are having Gaza type blockade. Anyone going to her is noted and harassed.
Please make your check payable to AFMI and send to me. It is tax-deductible in USA. You can also directly deposit Your Rupee check in our ICICI bank in Kalyan, Mumbai. We need to raise about five lakh rupees or $10,000 for fighting. The case may lanfg higher courts. Nafisa is has several illnesses including diabetes. She has gained weight and bohras around and Chamchas call her Fatso, Jadi જાડી
Address is
Asghar Vasanwala
20754 Tulip Circle
Yorba Linda California 92887
United States
Please read following Bombay Mirror report. It is clear that reporter is paid off he writes only one sided story. He doesn’t say how Syedna and his teams have secretly damaged foundations and structures of Bhendi Bazar building and then declaring them as dilapidated. They poured acids and chemicals in foundation for making them weak.
Mumbai Mirror Report
Elderly women refuse to vacate Bhendi Bazar house despite collapses
By Yogesh Sadhwani, Mumbai Mirror | Jul 12, 2014, 01.48 AM IST
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The crumbling Galabhai Chawl at Bhendi Bazar on Friday
While 1,500 families have moved out from the 250-odd dilapidated buildings awaiting redevelopment, tenants continue to reside in these crumbling structures. A part of one such building collapsed on Friday.
Apparently, not even Friday morning's partial collapse can convince the Masalawala family - comprising three elderly women - to move out of the dilapidated building in Bhendi Bazar. The Masalawalas live on the second floor, part of which fell as heavy rains lashed the city.
Their refusal - they are the only residents left in the crumbling two-storied Galabhai Chawl - has thrown a spanner in the works for the Bhendi Bazaar redevelopment project that covers 250 such buildings, besides adding to fear of loss of life.
The partial collapse - the second such incident in the building since Wednesday - sent developers Saifee Buhrani Upliftment Trust (SBUT), BMC, Fire Brigade and MHADA officials into a tizzy, who spent several unfruitful hours trying to convince the family to vacate the premises.
The officials have now warned that Galabhai Chawl not only poses threat to the Masalawalas, but also to shopkeepers, their patrons and pedestrians as the rest of the building may collapse anytime.
In 2011, over 50 families were moved out from Galabhai Chawl - the first building in the area to be declared hazardous -- to a transit camp in Mazgaon.
Two families, including the Masalawalas, had refused to vacate, but officials managed to convince one of them to leave on Thursday after a part of the building collapsed on Wednesday night.
"Our concern is that if we do not demolish these buildings immediately, hundreds of lives are at risk. The volume of people frequenting Bhendi Bazaar has gone up due to Ramzan, and if any of these structures collapse, it's not just those living there but even those walking by who face the risk of getting hurt," said Abbas Master, chief operating officer, SBUT.
The SBUT management has been working overtime talking to the handful of tenants left in these buildings, but in vain. BMC's disaster management team, which has checked on Galabhai Chawl several times since Wednesday night, has raised an alarm.
"We just cannot say how long the building will continue to stand. The pillars have given way and the slabs are crumbling. Another heavy shower, and the structure will just collapse," said a senior team member.
Sangeeta Hasnale, assistant commissioner, 'C' ward and head, disaster management cell, said the building's water and electric supply have been disconnected. "Since only one family remains, we have told the police to evict them using force if necessary, as they pose a threat to many others," she said.
All that hasn't changed Nafisa Masalawala's decision to stay put at any cost. "I do not trust the developers, and their agreement is fake. Once I move out, they will never give me my house after redevelopment, so I refuse to vacate," she said.
The Wakharwala building nearby is another point of concern, with two families refusing to budge while the rest have moved to transit camps. The structure is in such a precarious condition that no one dares to go near them, other than the tenants who remain.
"These 10-odd buildings need to be brought down right away, but since we are a community-driven redevelopment project, we have been requesting and not forcing anyone. However, we are now taking the legal route," said Master.
In the past two years, around 50 of the 250-odd buildings under the project have been demolished and 1,500 families have been moved out. SBUT's plan is to start construction in Clusters 1 and 3in the first phase. The project, worth Rs 3,000 crore, comprises nine clusters.
While most clearances are in place, SBUT is yet to get the commencement certificate from the authorities, which some of the tenants are citing as the main reason for not vacating.