One More Slumdog Millionaire Star Lost Home

Just a few days after Slumdog Millionaire star Azharuddin Ismail’s home was demolished, his co-star Rubina Ali’s pink home was reduced to rubble.

On Wednesday morning, the 100 sq ft house of the nine-year-old was razed.Her family’s shack stands on Bandra railway station and was the first of about 20 shacks to be demolished near the tracks.

Her father, Raufiq Querishi (32), was in the house when the Western Railway officials accompanied by the Railway police came and knocked it down. He also alleged that they beat him up and was treated at Bhabha Hospital in Bandra for a fractured arm and bruises.

Assistant Police Inspector, Vishwanath Phatangare of Nirmal Nagar police station, said, “It was peaceful and nobody got hurt. Rubina’s father has not approached us to lodge the complaint.”


By 3 pm, the area was swarming with media and spectators. S.S. Gupta, the spokesman for Western Railway, said: “The Western Railway conducted a drive to remove soft illegal encroachments which were close to the railway tracks near platform 7. The details of their occupants were not with us.”

Standing on the torn-down planks, Rubina said: “The Railway Police thrashed my dad. My father will now build a house in the same place.”