Once a crorepati, Ranjit Batla, arrested under NDPS, can't pay Rs 6,000 electricity bill

The picture of wealth and prosperity painted in the media about arrested bookie and alleged pimp, Ranjit Batla (59), is a canvas that's crumbling with poverty.

Except for a jockey cap, a relic of an era where he'd been gambling, pimping and dining to glory, Batla does not even have Rs 6,000 to pay his electricity bills. Cops who raided his apartment at Naju Mansion in Cuffe Parade said they are due for two months.

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