Kalyan: In a case of negligence, officials of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation allegedly sealed a house from outside for property tax recovery while an ailing woman was asleep inside, trapping her for nearly six hours.The incident occurred at Dattaprasad Apartment on Ambedkar Road in Kalyan. Safina Patel, a tenant, was unwell and resting at home when the civic recovery team arrived. Her son had stepped out for a job interview after locking the grill door, while the main door remained open from inside.Without verifying if anyone was inside, officials sealed the grill door and pasted a notice. Residents tried to alert them about the woman inside, but were allegedly ignored.Patel later woke up and realised she was locked in. The issue came to light after the house owner informed officials, who then rushed to the spot and broke the seal.Congress corporator Kanchan Kulkarni raised the issue in the KDMC general body on Wednesday, alleging that the civic body targets poor residents for tax recovery while failing to act against big industrial defaulters.Kulkarni further claimed that the house owner has an outstanding property tax of ₹3 lakh, on which the civic body has levied nearly ₹4 lakh as interest, taking the total dues to around ₹7 lakh.
