Malwani Cops Favor Broker With More Than 20 Cheating Cases Against Him: Do Not Register FIR For 7 Months

MUMBAI:  Malwani Police Station officials have been supporting and shielding a rogue broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh, a resident of Millenium Towers, Opp Bella Casa Building, at Sector 8 Malwani, Malad West for the last seven months.

The broker has more than 20 cheating complaints against him and has swindled and defrauded more than 50 people in the area. ALSO READ: In spite of Bombay HC order, Malwani cops fail to arrest accused property grabbers

He is also a gambler and local goonda and a collection agent for goons who lend money on interest in the area. In spite of several complaints against him, no FIR was registered against Wasim Shaik and his gang.

Malwani police officials refused to comment on the case and directed this reporter to the DCP’s office.

According to a written complaint submitted to the Malwani police station in January 2021, by actress Gehana Vasisth aka Vandana Tiwari she has been cheated by a broker (estate agent) of her flat and the accused along with others threatened to rape and kill her if she pursued the matter with the cops, stating that they are relatives of Pakistan-based gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

The complaint, originally filed in January 2021 (which has been accessed by this reporter) alleges that the estate agent Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh was dealing with Gehana Vasisth’s flat in the same building which she had legally purchased from the builder.

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Gehana had rented the flat via the broker to one Sujata Rajesh Shetty, a resident of Swastik Nagar, Naghar Road, Bhyandar East and executed a registered Leave and License agreement.

During the lock down, the said Sujata Rajesh Shetty failed to pay the rent for 4-5 months, but Gehana Vasisth did not take any action against her, as the broker said she was without any income and living a hand-to-mouth existence.

In the month of January 2021, she was informed that some other persons are residing in her flat by the society members.

On inquiring, she found that the said tenant Sujata Rajesh Shetty had illegally sub-leased the flat to another party Ansari Rukhsana Mohammad Zahid on a high deposit of Rs 17 lakhs by fraudulently claiming that the flat was owned by her.

On further inquiry, Gehana found that the flat was similarly sub-leased by the broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh illegally and without her knowledge at an earlier date for a high deposit of Rs 15 lakh.

Sujata Rajesh Shetty and the broker had prepared fake and fraudulent Leave and License agreements by fraud and cheating, including registration of the fake documents in a criminal conspiracy with the estate agents, registration agents and police.

The local police station at Malwani also provided the fake police verification based on the Leave and License agreement on payment of Rs 1000 per document.

When Gehana approached the illegal occupants of her flat Ansari Rukhsana Mohammad Zahid and her son Shoiab Ansari Mohammad Zahid, they claimed that Sujata Rajesh Shetty was the owner of the flat and they had paid her a huge amount for a period of two years and that they will not vacate the flat at any cost.

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In her written complaint to the Malwani police, Gehana has alleged that the criminals abused her in filthy language, pushed her around, threatened to rape her and even threatened her with death if she did not leave the building premises immediately.

The broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh, his wife and mother and the illegal occupant Ansari Rukhsana Mohammad Zahid and her son threatened to rape Gehana Vasisth and kill her if she demanded possession of her flat.

They claimed they were related to fugitive criminal and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and that the flat now belonged to them and that Gehana Vasisth should forget about her flat and never step foot in the building again or else she would be raped and killed and her body dumped at the bottom of the Malwani creek, where it would never be found.

A Bollywood producer Sajjan Agarwal and a production executive who own a flat in Malwani, have been similarly duped by the same agent.

He is hand-in-glove with 2-3 property registration agents who do illegal registration of properties by showing fake persons as owners of properties and preparing illegal, fake and fraudulent documents including Leave and License agreements.

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This is a huge racket operating in Malwani and the police have not taken any action against the coterie of fraudsters.

Along with the broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh, the others involved in the racket are Samir Mainuddin Shaikh, Salim Mainudding Shaikh, Hussaina Mainuddin Shaikh, Rajesh Shetty, Sujata’s husband (she is married to a Muslim but uses her maiden surname) and several others, including local estate agents, lawyers, registration agents  and some police officials are involved in the property fraud and scam.

The Malwani police are aware of this property and illegal registration racket but have turned a blind eye to the same as they get paid hefty amounts by the brokers to provide the police verification for the illegal Leave and License agreements.