Real-life fairy tale makes Mumbai vada pav vendor Rs 7 cr richer

His wife left him with his two kids in tow three years ago because his meagre earnings of Rs 150 a day were far from sufficient to support the family Now Ulhasnagar resident Prem Tejumal Gurudasani 42 is reasonably confident that she will come back For if all goes well the vada pav vendor is going to have a net worth of over Rs 7 crore in just a few months42yearold Prem Tejumal Gurudasani works at a tea stall in Ambernath PicBhupen PatelGurudasani who has lived in acute poverty all his life and has been working as a vada pav vendor for ten years never even dared to dream that his would be a ragstoriches story Living in a 160 sq ft house which he shares with his brotherrsquos family he never thought that he would turn out to be the part owner of two plots in Kalyan measuring a total of 95 acresThe plots in Wadeghar and Ashalegaon which are worth nearly Rs 35 croreImagine Gurudasanirsquos surprise then when one of the customers at the Sunil Tea Mart in Ambernath told him a few months ago that his grandfather had left him and his siblings two plots in Kalyan one at Wadeghar measuring 75 acres and worth Rs 30 crore and another at Ashalegaon measuring 2 acres and worth Rs 5 croreThe alleged kingpin Godumal Kishnani who is absconding Right Manoj Chichariya who has been arrested Striking goldThe plots were allotted by the Central Government to Gurudasanirsquos grandfather Radhomal Minhomal Chichariya alias Gurudasani who died on April 19 1984 after he was displaced from Pakistan postPartition and was rehabilitated in Ulhasnagar The local land mafia had usurped the plots by making a woman pose as Radhomalrsquos widowAs soon as Gurudasani heard about this he filed various RTI applications and armed with evidence registered an FIR with the Bazarpeth police station in Kalyan Acting on his complaint the police began a crack down on the mafia and arrested one of the accused Manoj Chichariya in connection with the caseCrorepati speakGurudasani who says he is hopeful of getting his due following the police action said ldquoI have been living in acute poverty I have sold vada pav at the tea stall for the past ten years I started with Rs 80 a day and now I get Rs 150 as my daily wage Because of my low income I had regular fights with my wife and she walked out of the house with my two kids nearly three years agoThe first thing I want is to get my family back home I miss my wife and childrenrdquoldquoI make barely Rs 50000 a year and I had never dreamt I would get so much money I was not aware that my grandfather owned any such plots and he probably didnrsquot know about them eitherDestiny has taken its course I hope that justice will prevail and we will get what is rightfully oursrdquo he added If everything works in Gurudasanirsquos favour he will get a minimum of Rs 7 crore as his share in the property ldquoI have an elder sister who will get 40 per cent of the property since she has brought all of us up The other three siblings including me will get 20 per cent eachrdquoPolice caseInspector B R Ghadge of Bazarpeth police station said ldquoThe group made a woman Lajwanti Chichariya pose as Radhomalrsquos widow and got the property transferred in her name by manipulating the property card 712 utaraOne of Chichariyarsquos sons who posed as a legal heir has been arrested while the rest are abscondingrdquo The Bazarpeth police have registered an FIR against 13 people including Lajwanti Chichariya and the alleged kingpin Godumal Kishnani under Sections 420 cheating 465 for forgery 467 forgery of valuable security will etc 468 forgery for purpose of cheating 471 using as genuine a forged document or electronic record 120 B conspiracy and 506 common intention of the Indian Penal Code Officials said they suspect that the group may have been behind other such land grabs in the Ulhasnagar area as well