The Brave Pedestrian

Mumbai, 18th November, 2017: Click on the title to read that article. A. Voices of Bhagtani Victims Bhagtani Victims' Voices #5: Subiya Shaikh, a school teacher, on Bhagtani Serenity in Powai Bhagtani Victims Voices #4: Ketan Gajara writes about Bhagtani Serenity, Powai Bhagtani Victims' Voices #3: Shalin Agrawal, a cheated ad agency in Serena project Bhagtani Victims' Voices #2: Dr John Paul on Bhagtani Sapphire, Dahisar   Bhagtani Victims' Voices #1: Branson, Imran & others on Bhagtani Serenity Project, Powai B. About court proceedings Open Letter to CJ about Justice Badar's zigzag orders in Bhagtani ABA How Bhagtani Victims must respond to latest High Court order   Justice Badar's sudden change of ringtone   Bombay High Court Order on Bhagtani Riyo -- what it means   Repay all Bhagtani Riyo Victims: Bombay High Court   Bombay HC Order: Slap in Face for Bhagtani Builders, Relief for Riyo Project Victim...

Flat buyers aren't the only victims of Bhagtani builders. Vendors, lenders and contractors have also been cheated out of crores of rupees. So far, most of them have maintained a stoic silence. But one vendor is now going public with his story -- Shalin Agrawal of Spectrumm Services, who lost over Rs 15 lakh by advertizing Bhagtani Serena project on hoardings on buses and at railway station. Sir, I am into Advertising & Printing Business. I did 2-3 campaign for Jaycee Homes and their group companies like MD Devcon & Unit One Inc Media Services since 2014. In May-June 2016, they approached me for hoardings and other marketing activities of another project in Mira Road East called Serena. Looking to their previous history for late payment, I refused to do it. To persuade me to take up the job, they gave two months post-dated cheques (PDCs) from ‘Jaycee Home’ for Rs. 13.68 lacs, and so I took the order. In the meanwhile, I also did some printing jobs of Rs. 1.4...

Read the first-person account of Dr John Paul, an expat who nurtured dreams of gifting a flat to each of his two daughters. To his great misfortune, he was lured into booking two flats in Bhagtani Sapphire at Dahisar. His dreams were dashed to the ground, and his wife's sister also got cheated in the bargain.  Bhagtani Sapphire in Dahisar East, an SRA project of Jaycee Construction Company, was first marketed via several agents who were either company employees or contracted on a commission-basis. They were vigorously convincing people to buy their flats. Many estate agents across Mumbai also issued pamphlets outside places of worship with luring offers and hard-selling words like, “Your Dream house is just 3 years away!” One such pamphlet led me to enquire more, since I had just sold some property in Naigaon and needed to make an investment in estate, as per the rules for taxation, before I could go back to work abroad in a few days. Sadly, the promises of the...