Chhota Rajan goon tears through roof of 67-year-old's home

After reducing a 67yearold widow to penury and begging for two years a suspected henchman of Chhota Rajan allegedly attacked her and wrecked her house over a property dispute The accused tore through the roof and broke into her house but she escaped unharmed as her neighbours heard her cry for help The senior citizen has been provided roundtheclock police protection following the attackPinku and his accomplices broke into Asha Daversquos house and tried to assault her PicsOnkar DevlekarThe incident took place on Friday at Mauli Kripa society in Charkop where Asha Jayesh Dave 67 owns a 600sqft duplex In 2011 she let out the house to local accused Satyaprakash Kripashankar Singh also known as Pinku who is wanted in several cases of cheating extortion robbery and assault across Malad Charkop Kandivli and other places However two years ago Pinku stopped paying her rent and Asha was deprived of her sole source of incomeAlso Read 35 years later Pali Hill family again threatened to leave premises 67yearold Asha Dave depended on the rent from the Charkop house for her livelihood but after being denied payment for two years she had been reduced to begging for almsAsha told midday ldquoI had bought the house in 2008 I stayed there for a few years but then decided to I give it on rent I would keep visiting my native place in Somnath Gujarat and didnrsquot need such a big house for myself In 2011 Pinku paid Rs 30000 as the deposit and we decided he would pay Rs 5500 as monthly rentrdquoSatyaprakash Singh is a suspected Chhota Rajan aide and is wanted in several cases of cheating extortion robbery and assaultldquoBut he suddenly stopped paying me and even refused to vacate the house For two years I was forced to beg for alms outside temples in Gujarat I came to Mumbai to ask Pinku to vacate the house but he refused Even the society gave him several eviction notices but he threatened everybodyrdquo she addedEnraged that the senior citizen had defied him and started living at the house again Satyaprakash allegedly decided to attack her He and his accomplices tore through the asbestos roof and ransacked the houseIn the last week of December Asha decided she had had enough and she came to Mumbai to persuade Pinku to vacate the houseWhen she reached the house she saw it was locked and learnt that Pinku had not been seen there for a whileIn fact Pinku had gone into hiding in November after the local police lodged a case of cheating against him She immediately informed the Charkop police that she was taking possession of the house again and with the assistance of society members she had the lock brokenHowever when Pinku found out about this he allegedly decided to teach her a lesson Around 330 pm on Friday he and his accomplices broke into her house through the asbestos roof ransacked her belongings and were about to attack Asha but luckily neighbours heard her screams They managed to catch one of the miscreants but Pinku escaped their clutchesldquoWe have arrested one of the accused Sanjay Singh Pinku and his other associates are at large and further investigations are onrdquo said Police Inspector PG Yele of Charkop police stationAsha alleged that a few things including a silver coin have gone missing from her house but she is relieved to have been given police protection While one cop is posted outside her door another is posted at the societyrsquos entrance Asha meanwhile has locked up the first floor of the house as the roof is still broken She is currently residing in the lower portion of the duplexPinku and his associates have been booked under Section 120 B criminal conspiracy 427 Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees 454 Lurking housetrespass 504 Intentional insult 506 i criminal intimidation and 141 143 and 145 unlawful assembly of the IPC