MUMBAI: A disagreement between a builder and a buyer regarding a flat in Oshiwara has resulted in the filing of cross FIRs.
The Oshiwara police have initiated a cheating case against developer Sameer Bhube following a complaint from fashion designer Riyaz Ganji. Simultaneously, an extortion case was registered against Ganji and his niece, Fazila Mukhi, based on the builder’s counter-complaint.
According to the complaint, in April 2016, Ganji made a payment of Rs 45 lakh out of a total of Rs 72 lakh for a flat in the Royal Green Project, which is registered in the names of Akil and Fazila Mukhi, who reside in Dubai.
Bhube informed the police that the project was delayed due to various administrative and regulatory approvals. Nevertheless, his company compensated the purchasers with a total rent of Rs 4.2 lakh from January to December 2025. He stated that they were promised possession of the flat by January 5, 2026, yet the remaining payment was never made.
Further, Bhube alleged that on January 7, 2026, the Mukhis threatened him with death and demanded Rs 1.5 crore.
He also claimed that the accused warned him that they had connections with influential individuals in Dubai and threatened harm to him, his business partners, and his family if their demands were not fulfilled.
Ganji has dismissed these allegations as baseless, asserting that the FIR was a retaliatory act aimed at suppressing their own complaint filed at the Oshiwara police station. “This FIR is a tactic to silence us. We’re pursuing legal action to quash this FIR,” Ganji told TOI.
Attempts to contact Bhube were unsuccessful as his phone appeared to be switched off.
Police indicated that Bhube’s application for anticipatory bail was recently denied by a sessions court, and he is currently at large.
