The Brave Pedestrian

Mumbai, 10th January, 2019: After receiving reports from a trusted architect's firm that the carpet area of her two flats at Lodha New Cuffe Parade was 27% and 30% smaller than mentioned in the registered agreement, Dioro flat-owner Shilpi Thard filed a complaint with the Police Commissioner of Mumbai.  The angry flat owner has requested the Crime Branch and/or Economic Offense Wing of Mumbai Police to register an FIR against Lodha Developers Limited. Reproduced below is her emailed police complaint:   ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Shil T < shilpithard@gmail.com > Date: Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 3:45 PM Subject: To: < cp.mumbai@mahapolice.gov.in >, < cp.mumbai.jtcp.crime@ mahapolice.gov.in >, < jtcp.eow@mahapolice.gov.in > From : Shilpi Thard & Amit Jaisingh Villa 426, Concorde Napa Valley, Kanakpura Road, Kagglipura Post, Bangalore 560082 To : Police Commissioner of Mumbai Police Commissioner's Office, Main Buil...

To Shri Dattatray Padsalgikar, IPS, Police Commissioner, CP Compound, Opp Crawford Market, Mumbai 19th October, 2017 Dear Sir, Happy Diwali and Saal Mubaarak. With reference to my complaint emailed to you on Sunday ( http://bit.ly/Threat-Call-Complaint ), Jt. CP Crime promptly forwarding it to DCP Zone 12 with copy to me. I met DCP Zone 12, who directed Senior Inspector of Kasturba Marg Police to take my statement. Text of my statement: http://bit.ly/Police-Statement-17Oct2017 However, Non Cognizable (NC) offense was sought to be registered by concerned police officers, to give the matter a burial without any investigation. As your website says, "No police officer can investigate a non-cognizable case (NC) unless he obtains prior permission of a Magistrate..." Sir, kindly direct Kasturba Marg Police to register FIR as cognizable offenses are made out: IPC 503. Criminal intimidation. I was threatened with bodily harm as well as harm to my property. ...

To Shri Dattatray Padsalgikar, IPS, Police Commissioner, CP Compound, Opp Crawford Market, Mumbai Dear Sir, I have received a threat call on behalf of Bhagtani builders, and also on behalf of Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Surve. At first, the caller identified himself as Karan Singh. He was calling from mobile no. 9869785767, and he said he knew that Truecaller was going to show Karan Singh. (This suggests that he was not calling from his own phone, and Karan Singh is not his genuine identity.) Threat Call at 2.45 pm on Sunday afternoon (today). At first, he said he was a person who had been cheated by Bhagtani, along with another person. He said that both of them had given Rs 20 lakhs each to Bhagtani, and wanted their money back. When told to register FIR and seek other legal remedies, this person was not interested. He was mainly interested in meeting me in person. In the middle of this conversation, he said that Bhagtani had told him on phone today that he had made arra...