The BMC's insecticide team found breeding spots of aedes aegypti mosquito (which can spread dengue, chikungunya among other illnesses) in the actor's private swimming pool at his residence in Juhu Tara Road area.
BMC's Executive Health officer Padmaja Keskar said "I have asked the legal department to file a court case against the actor for his negligence. The case would be filed in a day or two."
"We are not going to wait for the actor's response to our notice. We are moving ahead for action (such as collection of fine) against him and would file a court case," she said.
Keskar said not only the filmstar, court cases are also being filed against all those whose premises were found housing mosquito-breeding spots.
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Last year, the BMC had served notices to Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and singer Amit Kishore Ganguli for not taking steps to prevent mosquito-breeding in their residential premises.
After the BMC's action yesterday, Shahid expressed concern over mosquito-breeding at his premises and thanked the civic body for conducting the inspection.
Intermittent showers have left pools of stagnant water in several areas of the city, providing a fertile ground for proliferation of disease-spreading mosquitoes. This, coupled with a rise in temperature, has led to increase in the cases of dengue fever in the metropolis.
Keskar appealed to the citizens to identify and destroy mosquito-breeding spots at their residence and housing societies.
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