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Lure of easy Mhada flats costs poor house-hunters big money

Around 25-30 people hunting for houses in the Nehru Nagar area of Kurla have been taken for a ride by a trio, which falsely promised them Mhada tenements under the MLA quota.

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Around 25-30 people hunting for houses in the Nehru Nagar area of Kurla have been taken for a ride by a trio, which falsely promised them Mhada tenements under the MLA quota. Allwyn Das, a member of the Mumbai board of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada), has taken up the issue with minister of state (housing) Sachin Ahir and home minister RR Patil.

According to Das, Ganesh Kadam, Meena Shirsat and Janabai Hegde took money, ranging from Rs50,000 to Rs1.5 lakh, from the house-hunters, many of whom came from a poor background.

“Kadam also gave them cheques of the same amount, lest they felt that they were being fooled,” Das told DNA. “He wrote affidavits saying that he had taken money for ‘personal reasons’ from the house-hunters and would return the amount within two months.”
Das added: “The fact that Kadam was a cheat was revealed when many of the house-hunters from the same area got to know that he and the women had been collecting money from them.” The cheques that Kadam had given them bounced.

The victims approached Das. “We found that Kadam had shown them allotment letters which were allegedly signed by HK Jawle, a former chief officer of the Mumbai board. He had put bogus signatures on the allotment letters, whose copies he did not provide to the house-hunters.”

When the victims approached the police, they were told that they should not have given the money to unknown people, said Sandeep Nikalje, Das’ associate.

Das took up the matter with the Mumbai board in its meeting held on Tuesday. “The board has assured me that a thorough investigation will be carried out in the matter. I have also written to Sachin Ahir and RR Patil,” said Das.

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