India, July 30 -- Ghaziabad

A car owner from Vasundhara has sent a legal notice to the Ghaziabad municipal commissioner, asking the authority to foot the bill for repairing his car-around Rs.16 lakh for fixing a Mercedes car damaged by waterlogging in Sahibabad on July 23- and another Rs.5 lakh for mental agony and harassment.

HT has accessed a copy of the notice.

Municipal commissioner Vikramaditya Malik, in a statement issued on behalf of the Ghaziabad municipal corporation, termed it an attempt to tarnish the agency's image for personal gain. "The photo of the vehicle shown by Shri Amit Kishore in his complaint, which has a Delhi number, clearly shows that there is no water even on the tyres. It has not been certified by any expert ...