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BMC Intensifies Crackdown On Unauthorised Schools; FIR Against 3 English-Medium Institutions In Chembur's Vashinaka
24htopnews | July 16, 2026 2:08 PM CST

The BMC has registered cases against three English-medium schools in Chembur’s Vashinaka area for allegedly operating without government recognition. The RCF Police filed FIRs against their managements after BMC notices went unanswered. With the latest action, criminal cases against unauthorised schools in Mumbai have increased to 28, officials said.

Mumbai: The BMC has intensified its crackdown on unauthorised schools, with three more English-medium institutions in Chembur’s Vashinaka area booked for allegedly operating without mandatory government approval. The action follows similar cases against schools in Kurla, Govandi, Mankhurd and Trombay.

FIR registered

Based on a complaint filed by Mohammed Irfan Shah, 44, divisional inspector with the BMC’s private primary schools department, the RCF police registered an FIR against the principals, secretaries and managements of the three schools under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 18 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.

The schools named in the FIR are Saraswati Shiksha Niketan High School on LU Gadkari Marg, Chembur; Ramzan Shah Baba English Primary High School at Nagababa Nagar, Vashinaka; and Shukla English High School at New Bharat Nagar, Vashinaka.


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