India, Dec. 18 -- A special court under the Prevention of Corruption Act on Wednesday directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to register an FIR and conduct a detailed investigation into allegations that Shiv Sena MLA Mangesh Kudalkar had encroached upon MHADA land reserved for public amenities and misused public funds.

The order was passed by special judge Satyanarayan R Navander while allowing a complaint filed by local resident Ramesh Satyan Borwa, who alleged that a hall and several commercial establishments had been constructed unauthorisedly by the three-time MLA on a Kurla (East) plot reserved by MHADA for amenity services and a garden. The complainant placed on record documents along with an affidavit in support of his allegati...