Antilia, the house of Mukesh Ambani, the richest person of Asia and India, has once again come into the discussion. Mukesh Ambani’s Antilia is one of the most expensive houses in the world which has been built for Rs 15000 crore. But this time the discussion of the house has been not discussed about the price or Ambani but about the waqf. Actually, it is being claimed that Mukesh Ambani’s Antilia is built on the land of Waqf. But how much truth is there in this matter, let’s know the whole matter.
What is the matter?
Antilia, the home of the country’s biggest industrialist i.e. Mukesh Ambani, came into the limelight once again. This time the headlines have come due to this because recently the Waqf Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament. After that, once again Antilia, which is located on the parade road area of Mumbai, is claimed that it has been built on the land of the Waqf Board. Let me tell you that in the year 2002, Mukesh Ambani bought a plot of four and a half lakh square feet from the Waqf Board for about 21 crores.
However, in 2005, the door was also knocked in the court regarding this. Then these things were said by the Maharashtra Waqf Board. The deal that was done at that time was the chairman and CEO of the time. The deal came into controversy at the same time due to the claim of the land of the Waqf Board. The report presented in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly said that in 1986, Karim Bhai Ibrahim gave the Waqf Board to create religious education and orphanage which was sold by the board to Ambani.
How many land near Waqf?
According to that report presented in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the property of the Waqf Board cannot be sold for private use. The case has been under consideration in court for a long time. This is not the only case of Waqf’s claim on a land, but there are many such cases. You can guess from the fact that in the year 1950 in India, the Waqf Board had only 52000 acres, which has increased to 9.4 lakh acres by 2025.