Railway policeman approaches Sena leader to recover his Rs 6.5L from realtor

Let down by his own fraternity a railway policeman was compelled to approach a Shiv Sena strongman to get back his Rs 65 lakh from a property agent Anand Bhimrao Chavan said he made several rounds of the Panvel police station to file a case against the agent who had taken the money towards token payment for a flat but the cops did not helpA Native of Usmanabad Chavan joined the department in 2002 and wanted to buy a flat ldquoWhile searching for a flat in Panvel I bumped into an agent Raj Dubey in 2018 I finalised a 1BHK flat in Panvel that cost Rs 45 lakh After borrowing money on interest from relatives and friends I made a down payment of Rs 658 lakh I had planned to take a bank loan for the remaining amount but it did not get approvedrdquo said Chavan who is attached to the Government Railway Police at ChurchgateRaj Dubey the agentChavan said he wanted his down payment back from Dubey but the agent kept on delaying ldquoSince Dubey had been delaying in giving back the money I visited Panvel City police station to register an FIR against him in September 2019 I made several rounds of the police station during that time but the cops always turned me away saying that it was a civil matterrdquo Chavan saidldquoI slipped into depression as I had to pay the interest but my own money was stuck with Dubey who kept saying that he would return it after his sisterrsquos weddingrdquo Chavan saidAnand Chavan who approached the Sena manWith no help coming from his own fraternity Chavan said he approached Sena strongman Nitin Nandgaonkar who is known for his armtwisting tactics to resolve mattersldquoI was surfing the internet and found Nitin Nandgaonkar I met him at Sena Bhavan during Diwali last year and he Nandgaonkar asked me to write a letter to the chief minister explaining my ordeal Later he intervened and called Dubeyrdquo he said ldquoAfter his conversation with Nandgaonkar Dubey got riled and he started to abuse me on phone and told me to lsquoget anyone involved but the money wonrsquot be returnedrsquo I met Nandgaonkar again who called him on phonerdquo said Chavan who added ldquoDubey on several occasions returned small chunks of money After Nandgaokarrsquos intervention he paid Rs 90000 but Rs 25 lakh is still pending and Dubey is not willing to return itrdquoTalking to midday Nandgaokar said ldquoHe Chavan belongs to a middleclass family and the agent Dubey had abused him How can someone abuse the police who has been there all the time to support us I had to help him and get his money backrdquoThe agentrsquos versionTerming the allegations false Dubey said ldquoChavan gave me R50000 in December 2018 and on various occasions he gave me a total of R65 lakh Later the flat deal was cancelled and during that period my sisterrsquos marriage was fixed for which I needed money I asked Chavan if I could use his money for my sisterrsquos marriage and he agreed to it I promised to return his money but then the COVIDinduced lockdown was imposed in Mumbai Due to COVID my construction work and estate agent work stopped My income sources collapsedrdquoDubey said he returned a major portion of the money in the past year and only R65000 was pending ldquoI requested constable Chavan to give me some time to arrange the money but he was in no mood to listen On phone he started abusing me on my sister and mother I told him not to use bad language but he was not ready to listen So I abused him on the call Later he approached Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaonkar who called me I requested Nandgaonkar to give me a monthrsquos time and he agreed I abused the constable because he used very bad words against my mother and sisterrdquoDubey added ldquoI cleared the balance amount after I got commissions from my clients I have paid the security deposit for the rented flat where Chavan lives now Now he is out to malign merdquoShiv Sena leader shares video of call with the agent Raj DubeyHello I am Nitin Nandgaonkar speakingDid you abuse the constableDubey No sir I didnrsquot abuse the constableNandgaonkar I gave you one monthrsquos time and itrsquos over He is calling you for his money only How dare you abuse a policemanDubey I will send you a recording of the conversation he started abusing meNandgaonkar Okay send me the recording Irsquoll call you again after listening to the recording Also you come to meet me at Shiv Sena Bhavan on Monday March 21 at 2 pmDubey Okay sirThe video also shows Chavan telling the controversial politician that Dubey had cleared the pending amount