Member of Legislative Assembly, Mangalprabhat Lodha, along with his son Abhishek, who is the CEO of their company, have been booked for allegedly cheating and extorting money from a 54-year-old advocate from Pune. The complainant, an advocate, had purchased a flat in 2013 and was reportedly told he would get possession by 2019. But that never happened. The FIR has been filed at Chatushrungi Police Station. Lodha has clarified, saying that “the woman was a wilful defaulter and is trying to tarnish his image”.

According to a statement given by Complainant to Chatushrungi Police Station, she had booked a 3BHK flat at Lodha Marquise, Worli, in January 2013. The promoters said that the project will be completed by 2019. The complainant paid Rs 3.92 crore, and afterwards received a notice in 2015, which terminated her registration. When the complainant contacted Chief Executive officer Surendran Nair, he asked her to ignore the notice.