The Brave Pedestrian

Mumbai, 3rd December, 2017: An open Letter signed by 267 Bhagtani victims from various projects, was dispatched by Speedpost yesterday . The letter demanded to know why there was a inaction from the law-enforcement agencies despite Dipesh, Mukesh and Lakshman Bhagtani cheating thousands of home buyers. The letter demanded to know why Bhagtani builders were still roaming free & enjoying life? Why hadn't they been taken into judicial custody and interrogated already? Why weren't their passports impounded yet? This letter, with signatures, was sent to Chief Minister, Home Minister, Police Commissioner, Advocate General and MP Kirit Somaiya. Many victims worked patiently for many days to gather the 267 signatures from all over Mumbai, especially Kavita Doke (Dadar), Karunesh Nishesh (Mira Road), Ashok Palo (Powai), Dr John Paul (Dahisar), Dolly Sheth (Mulund) and Paresh Karia (Goregaon).  Meanwhile, many NRI victims of Bhagtani, such as Mahesh Adhate, Suma Guha and S...

30th November, 2017: Below is the exchange of correspondence that happened when we sought rebuttal from Akshay Jain and Rakesh Jain of Sanyam Realtors to this article on the position of Bhagtani's allottees in Executive, Ghatkopar, that has been registered as Ashok Odyssey by Sanyam. From: Akshay Jain <akshay.jain@rjgroup.in> Date: Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:43 PM Subject: Re: Attn Mr Akshay Jain: Requesting your Rebuttal to attached article about Ashok Odyssey To: Krishnaraj Rao <krish.kkphoto@gmail.com> Cc: RJ Group Info <info@rjgroup.in> Dear Mr. Krishnaraj Rao, We have received an email from you today on 28 th Nov. 2017, wherein you have placed before us a brief compilation of certain material gathered by you in an attempt to connect our project with other projects or JayCee group and cast an image in a different light and wherein you have sought our response with an assurance of reproducing the same in ‘verbatim’, accor...

Mumbai, 30th November, 2017: A huge outcry has been raised by hundreds of Bhagtani builder's cheated customers, who paid lakhs of rupees and booked flats in Riyo (Mira Road), Sapphire (Dahisar), Serenity (Powai) and Savannah (Kanjurmarg). But amidst all this commotion, those who booked flats in a building called Executive in Ghatkopar West are strangely silent. Why? The reason seems to be that Executive was registered with MahaRERA as Ashok Odyssey, not by Bhagtani but by a company called Sanyam Realtors , headed by Akshay Jain. Will the people who booked flats in Executive automatically get flats in Ashok Odyssey? Sanyam Realtors have refrained from making such a commitment in any form, but people seem to have become comfortable by thinking so, and are therefore quiet. It is the silence of the lambs! Who is Akshay Jain? Son of Rakesh Jain of RJ Group, who gave development rights to Bhagtani's EDMD Infracon Pvt Ltd for construction of the Executive project. He...

Mumbai, 20th November 2017: Buying a flat from Lodha Group can land you in deep trouble with the Income Tax Department. The small print in Lodha Group's Application Form compels you to not deduct TDS on your installments as required by law. Lodha's sales staff and Application Form illegally compels you to delegate your legal responsibility to Lodha. Such delegation can land you in deep trouble. Not only will you invite penalties from the Income Tax authorities, but worse, it can lead to scrutiny of your tax returns. Nobody in his right mind wants to invite I-T scrutiny through careless actions, but that's what can happen to you if you blindly trust Lodha's paperwork!  As a flat purchaser, you have a statutory obligation under section 194-IA of the Finance Act to deduct tax and furnish details of your property transaction to the Income Tax department. There are no exemptions. Read this article to understand your obligation as a flat-purchaser. There is no pro...

Mumbai, 16th November, 2017: Lodha Group's Application Form is like a bear-trap for prospective flat buyers. When you are preparing property papers and legal documents, every single word has to be clearly understood and agreed upon. But Lodha's customers are forced to make fatal blunders in the paperwork right in the beginning. The consequence of those blunders is that Lodha Group gets a crushing grip on your balls, which it squeezes whenever it wants. If you are a Lodha customer who tried to stand up for your own rights, you may have experienced this crushing grip. Lodha Group's insidious Application Form is not declared before MahaRERA. Lodha Group insiders never share a copy, but we have procured it. Click here to download . These are the papers you are sweet-talked into filling up in the euphoric afterglow of a site visit.   UNDERSTAND HOW THE FORM WORKS AGAINST YOU : 1. The Application Form reverses who is the promisor and the promisee. Lodha's...