The Gamdevi police have booked a real estate broker for allegedly not returning Rs 40 lakh taken from the wife of a prominent lawyer. The accused allegedly took the money on the pretext of not showing a flat she had liked to other prospective buyers, and then didn't return it though the deal didn't work out. The police are yet to arrest him.

What happened

According to a complaint filed by Ashok Mirchandani, a real estate broker, he knows Pankaj Gulati, a real estate agent, for the past 10 years. Mirchandani told the police in his statement that in February 2020, his niece Haseena Jethmalani, told him she was looking for a sea-facing flat at Napean Sea Road, Breach Candy. He showed her some flats which she did not like. He then got to know that Gulati had a flat for sale, which he showed Haseena and she liked.