The Brave Pedestrian

Mumbai, 12th May, 2019: I am posting the below emailed police complaint made on 5th June, 2015 on my blog, merely for the record. I am not anticipating any threat from this person, but I want it to be on my blog as a matter of public record. Below is a copy-paste of my email sent on that day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Krishnaraj Rao <krish.kkphoto@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:04 PM Subject: Call received from person claiming to be Ravi Pujari from Australia To: Police Commissioner <police.mumbai@gmail.com>, Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic Mumbai <jcptraffic@gmail.com>, <cybercell.mumbai@mahapolice.gov.in>, <cp.mum.dcp.det@mahapolice.gov.in>, <cp.mumbai@mahapolice.gov.in>, <addlcpcrimeoffice@gmail.com>, <dcpzone11-mum@mahapolice.gov.in>, <dcpzone11@gmail.com>, Chief Minister office <CM@maharashtra.gov.in>, <chiefminister@mahar...

Mumbai, 27th September, 2017: It is hard to legally prove cheating by Bhagtani builders, even if commonsense proves it. Slippery paperwork and fuzzy oral commitments given by Bhagtanis and their office minions is what makes it hard. Flat-buyers, police, lawyers and even courts lose their sense of direction due to the slipperiness and fuzziness. Everybody is getting diverted by bounced cheques, the terms of allotment letter and cancellation deed, etc. etc. A huge smokescreen of confusion prevails, within which Bhagtani's office continues to fool people and collect crores of rupees even till date. THE BASIC FACTS Your basic contract with Bhagtani is, "I give you money in time, you give me flats in time." This contract was totally broken from the builder's side. Over 2,000 persons paid between Rs 8 lakhs to Rs 80 lakhs for flats in several projects -- Riyo, Sapphire, Savannah, Serenity, Powai B15, Krishaang, etc. Bhagtanis neither delivered the flats, nor gave bac...

Mumbai, 11 July, 2016: I am issuing this press release today because I have been summoned on phone by the Wadala Truck Terminus Police Station, following a verbal altercation with BJP Corporator Ujwala Modak (Chairperson of Improvement Committee of MCGM) at the office of Deputy Registrar’s   (K-East Ward) PB Satpute. Ms Modak was representing the newly-elected managing committee members of Kundan Apartments in Jogeshwari Station. My argument with Ms. Modak was, why was she at the Deputy Registrar’s office? What legitimate business does a Corporator – an elected representative -- have at the office of a Deputy Registrar? Why was she speaking on behalf of the managing committee on a matter concerning the total disappearance of society’s records? Was she fronting for the builder, Tanna Realtors, who has not performed a jot of work for six years, ever since he got MCGM’s IOD approval? Why was this corporator entertained by the cooperation department officials in this case, when...