We are not using our Harmu house for any commercial purpose”. This is understood to be response of the Ranchi based Cricket icon MS Dhoni. 

Dhoni is among a set of people who were reportedly served or being served notices by Jharkhand Housing Board for using the property allotted to them for allegedly using it for commercial purposes. 

On the controversy surrounding MS Dhoni’s Housing Colony Property in Harmu, Ranchi,which is under jurisdiction of Jharkhand Housing Board, Board incharge  Sanjay Lal Paswan says, "No notices have been issued yet, but notices have been issued to around 200-300 people who were allotted residential plots and are using them for commercial purposes. We are aware that this issue has come to our attention, and necessary steps are being taken..." 

In fact, the Jharkhand State Housing Board has launched an investigation into allegations that Dhoni is using his residence in Harmu Housing Colony for commercial purposes. 

Officials have stated that if the claims are substantiated, Dhoni will be served a legal notice. Dhoni had been allotted five katah of land in the upscale Harmu Housing Colony area by the Jharkhand government through a “gift deed”. 

Previously a resident of Mecon Colony where his father had got a flat and where he was born and brought up, Dhoni built a luxurious home on the plot but later relocated to a farmhouse in Simaliya on the outskirts of Ranchi to escape public and media attention. 

According to Sanjay Lal Paswan, chairman of the housing board, the rules prohibit the use of residential plots for commercial activities. "We have received complaints and instructed officials to investigate. If the allegations are proven, a notice will be issued to Dhoni," Paswan was quoted as saying by TOI newspaper