Mumbai, Feb 15: Maharashtra administrator general M K Patil will examine the list of properties believed to have been owned by Bollywood's singing star of yesteryears Suraiyya who died here on January 31. The list of the moveable and immovable properties is expected to be submitted to the administrator in response to a court directive given to the late actress' solicitor Dhimant Thakkar on February 12.
Earlier, Justice Shiavax Vazifdar of the Bombay High Court, gave this directive in response to two claims -- one by Amee Shah, daughter of Thakkar and another by Mehfooz Ahamed, the cousin of late actress, who is based in Pakistan.
Shah had earlier moved a notice of motion on the state government's plea to the Bombay High Court claiming that Suraiyya had gifted her moveable and immovable assets by 'Hibba' (transfer of property under Mohammedan law in November last year).
She claimed that she had all relevant documents to substantiate her claim and appealed the court to revoke its order passed on the petition moved by the state government to take over properties of Suraiyya.
The government had moved the high court after receiving an application from the secretary of Cine Society, Abdul Ali Khan, who said that the actress had died intestate.
Earlier this week, Hasina Shabbir, claiming to be a neighbour, and a family friend of Suraiyya, appealed to the court that property should not go into ''wrong hands''. Hasina said while washing Suraiyya's body she had noticed some blood oozing from the actress' mouth and had suspected foul play in her death.
Patil on February 12 submitted three reports on the properties owned by the late actress to the Bombay High Court.
The administrator general of Maharashtra has sealed three properties of the actress -- a ground floor flat at Krishna Mahal at Marine Drive in south Mumbai, six flats at Suraiya Apartments at Worli in south-central Mumbai and a sprawling bungalow at Lonavla, nearly 150 km from here. Bureau Report