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Pune hotelier booked for Rs30 crore extortion involving a land dispute
According to police, he has been accused of transferring property in the name of two persons despite engaging in developmental rights with the victim identified as Hemant Bagareddu Motadu (58), a resident of bungalow No. 10 in Pune Cantonment. Motadu later lodged a police complaint in this regard
The Pune Cantonment police have booked Ali Akbar Jaffri, owner of Camp’s famous Hotel Kohinoor and Vanessa Donald D’Souza, a resident of MG road, for allegedly demanding extortion of ₹30 crore, officials said on Thursday.
According to police, the duo has been accused of transferring property in the name of two persons despite engaging in developmental rights with the victim identified as Hemant Bagareddu Motadu (58), a resident of bungalow No. 10 in Pune Cantonment. Motadu later lodged a police complaint in this regard.
Despite repeated attempts, Jaffri could not be reached for comment.
According to the complaint, the incident took place in hotel Kohinoor in Camp on July 16, 2021.
Police officials said Jafri had given the property in question to Hiranandani Properties Private Limited to Niranjan Hiranandani through a memorandum in 2015.
He later “fraudulently enacted” the transaction in the name of D’souza. According to the police complaint, he called Motadu at the hotel and allegedly demanded extortion of ₹30 crore and if he did not give the money then Motado would have to face consequences.
Mahendra Jagtap, police inspector, said, “An extortion case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) 420, 406, 385 and 34 has been lodged against Jafri and the other accused. It is related to an old land dispute wherein Jafri had sold the same land twice to two different persons. A case has been lodged and investigation is on in the case. No arrest has been made so far.”
