BMC seals Lata Mangeshkar's building amid COVID-19; singer, family safe

Guwahati: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday sealed the residential building of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar as a precautionary measure amid COVID-19 pandemic.

Although the singer and her family are safe, they released a statement that read, “Please do not react to any hearsay on the health of our family members, especially. We, as a building society in unison, are taking utmost caution, care, and co-operating to ensure the well-being and safety of all the senior citizens especially, and all the other residing members as well. By God’s grace and the wishes of so many, the family is safe.”

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The statement added that they have been inundated by calls all evening to inquire whether Prabhukunj is sealed. BMC sealed the building society as a precautionary measure as many senior citizens have made their home there. The statement further read, “Even our usual festive Ganesha celebrations were a simple familial one this time, to cooperate and support social distancing.”

Meanwhile, the singer shared a picture of Ganesh Chaturthi festivities at her home on her Instagram handle.

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Apart from Mangeshkar’s building even Bachchan’s properties were sealed by the BMC after Amitabh, Abhisekh, Aishwarya, and Aaradhya tested positive for COVID-19 in July. Even Rekha’s house was also sealed after the actor’s security staff was tested COVID-19 positive. Additionally, even producers Karan Johar and Boney Kapoor and actor Amir Khan also announced that their staff members had tested positive.