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The Maharashtra government on Friday, 7 December, told the Bombay High Court that it has ordered demolition of fugitive jeweller, Nirav Modi's illegal bungalow built along the beach at

Alibaug in adjoining Raigad district. Government counsel advocate P B Kakade told a bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice M S Karnik on Thursday, 6 December, that it had served

demolition notices to another 58 private properties in the area constructed in violation of the state's rules and coastal zone norms. He made the submissions in compliance with a

previous order of the bench, which had directed the government to submit details of action taken and pending litigation, concerning the illegal private constructions along the beaches in

Alibaug, a coastal town popular with weekend tourists.