Tenants illegally usurp home of senior citizens, threaten to rape pregnant woman

Sushama and Achyut Undalkar with their daughter Prajakta PicMandarTannuApril 20 2017 is a day the Undalkar family can never forget and one it deeply regrets Thats the day the unsuspecting family handed over the keys to their flat in Kurla to Anil and Vidya Ghodke who turned out to be tenants from hell The couple who allegedly tricked the family into giving them the keys to the flat before signing the agreement has stopped paying rent since last June and have flatly refused to leave the houseAchyut 75 and Sushama Undalkar 72 own a 380 sq feet ground floor flat in Nightingale Housing Society Kurla They have three daughters one who lives in USA the other in Thane and six months pregnant Prajakta Vaidya a professor with whom they live in PunePrajakta on the phone her cousin and mother were locked in the balcony of their Kurla homeNightmare beginsIn 2017 after my parents moved in with me we decided to give our Kurla flat on rent and use the money to pay for the rented house in Pune Vaidya said She said according to current market rates the value of the house is approximately Rs 1 crore Anil and Vidya Ghodke approached me through an online portal They paid me the Rs 70000 deposit in cash and said they would pay the rent of Rs 18000 on the 21st of each month she saidAnil and Vidya Ghodke PicSameer MarkandeBiggest mistakeThen Vaidya said a temporary lapse of judgement cost the family their peace of mind money and now for 11 months their home Vaidya said We had decided to sign the agreement on April 21 2017 Suddenly the Ghodkes said that April 20 was an auspicious day to move into the house and asked for the keys I did not suspect anything amiss and told them to take the keys from the neighbour with whom we usually keep itTo the Undalkarss shock on April 21 the Ghodkes showed their true colours Vaidya said My father and I came all the way from Pune to get the agreement signed but Anil and Vidya refused to open the door of the house and did not take my calls either Nevertheless they paid the rent for three months the last amount I received was on June 22 2017Nightingale Housing Society on LBS Road Kurla WLocked outThe Undalkars said they have travelled at least five times in the past year to Mumbai to speak to the Ghodkes When I went with my mother and cousin to Mumbai in October 2017 Vidya locked us in the balcony of our flat And Anil ran away I frantically called my neighbours and the police The constables reached the house in 20 minutes and took all of us to Vinobha Bhave Nagar police station Then the police called Anil and Vidya and told them to cooperate They added though that this was a civil matter so they could not interfereThings took a dangerous turn in Feb 2018 when Vaidya came down from Pune I once again went to the flat to ask the Ghodkes for the rent and to tell them to vacate the flat But Anil hurled abuse at me and threatened to rape and kill me I immediately lodged an FIR against them said Vaidya A copy of the FIR dated February 15 is with middayGo whereVaidya said her ageing parents are stressed out by the turn of events Despite the Ghodkess behaviour they are living happily in our house and denying us entry If this is a civil matter where do we go Are the police waiting for us to be hurt or killed and then take a criminal caseThe Undalkars said the rent from the property was their only source of income We do not have the money or strength to fight the case in court said Achyut UndalkarAlso read Mumbai crime Security guard in Bandra harasses tenant gets arrested