NCP leader grabs flat, arrested

A Nationalist Congress Party unit leader was arrested on Tuesday for forging documents to take possession of a flat in Malad, reports Shahkar Abidi.

A Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) unit leader was arrested on Tuesday for forging documents to take possession of a flat in Malad. The police said the accused would scare away the owners with his ferocious dogs whenever they would go to him, asking to vacate it.

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The accused, Amjad Redkar (25), is secretary of the minority cell (North Mumbai). Vikas Pimpade, a developer, said he had rented his flat to Redkar in 2007.

The police said Arun Rokade, a college lab assistant, had booked the flat. “When Pimpade asked him to vacate it, Redkar produced forged documents claiming he had bought it,” said Senior Inspector J Hargude. Rokade denied selling the flat.

“Whenever the two told Redkar to vacate the flat, he would threaten to let his dogs loose on them,” said Hargude.