The Dindoshi police have booked five people, including the owner of Atharva Realtors, on the charge of cheating buyers of Rs 13.5 crore. The FIR of January 27 came on a complaint by a CA whose family members had booked six flats at a Malad East project by the builder for Rs 4.8 crore a decade ago.

In his complaint, Jagdish Rajpopat, said they had booked flats 402, 803, 804, 904, 1102, and 1204, and 7 parking slots at the Atharva Landmark on Poddar Road. Developer Deepak Shah, his partner Shrenik Jain, and their manager Vikas Kumar are among those named in the FIR.