After renting out his flat in Chembur for more than six years, 56-year-old Sudhir Maru and his wife Neeta decided to sell off their second residence in Ghatkopar, where they had been living, to return to their Chembur home in March this year. To their utter shock, when they reached the building, the builder’s men arrived with cops and stopped them from entering the house. They were then taken to the police station and arrested on the charges of trespassing. With no place to go, the couple and some of their family members have been staying at a community centre in Mulund for over four months now. However, the Chembur police said that the action was legal, while refusing to divulge further details of the case.   

‘Bought in 2014’

The couple had booked the flat on the 15th floor of Kranti Building number 1 in Subhash Nagar, Chembur (East) in July 2014 for '59 lakh. Sudhir paid '1 lakh to GA Builders Pvt Ltd as the booking amount and an agreement for sale was prepared in October 2014. “After paying the booking amount, we transferred the remaining amount to Mehul Parekh, one of the directors of GA Builders. I have paid '58 lakh through various modes till now. I was given an allotment letter and the keys to the flat in 2014. Thereafter, I rented it out for the next six years,” said Sudhir.