Despite the registration of an FIR by education officials of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), schools declared illegal continue to operate and collect fees from students as the new academic year begins.

Social activist and complainant Abdul Mannan Abdul Rashid Kazi has alleged that the FIR and other actions were mere formalities and an eyewash, with no concrete action taken against Alhadi Maktab and Public School in Rabodi, which was declared unauthorised by the TMC.