Dilip Kumar & Saira Banu Slap Rs. 200 Crore Defamation Notice On A Mumbai Builder!
Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu have slapped a legal notice on Mumbai builder Sameer N. Bhojwani, alleging "continuous harassment and a well-planned conspiracy to take over the only property".
Veteran
actor
Dilip
Kumar
and
his
wife
Saira
Banu
have
slapped
a
legal
notice
on
Mumbai
builder
Sameer
N.
Bhojwani,
alleging
"continuous
harassment
and
a
well-planned
conspiracy
to
take
over
the
only
property",
the
couple
has
in
Mumbai.
The
defamation
notice
has
been
served
in
response
to
a
Public
Notice
published
in
the
Mumbai
media
through
Bhojwani's
lawyer,
Digvijay
Singh,
after
which
the
celebrity
couple
said
"they
fear
for
their
lives."
"It
is
disheartening
to
go
through
such
a
tumultuous
phase
at
this
age.
They
property
rightfully
belongs
to
Yusuf
Khan
saheb
(Dilip
Kumar).
We
neither
have
the
support
nor
the
strength
to
go
through
this
continuous
harassment
by
Sameer
Bhojwani,
whose
only
focus
seems
to
usurping
our
land,"
a
distraught
Saira
Banu
said.
She
said
the
couple
has
already
approached
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
and
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister
Devendra
Fadnavis
seeking
their
help.
Saira
said,
"The
CM
sa'b
has
been
repeatedly
saying
he
will
help
us
and
after
the
builder
comes
out
of
jail,
he
would
do
the
needful.
But
it
is
three
months
now
since
the
builder
is
out
and
nothing
has
moved
from
the
CM's
side.
There
is
no
reaction
even
from
the
PM's
side.
We
hope
they
do
something
soon."
The
couple's
lawyer,
Chirag
Shah,
pointed
out
that
Bhojwani
had
been
arrested
in
this
matter
last
year
by
the
Mumbai
police
for
making
false
documents,
and
a
police
report
to
this
effect
was
submitted
to
a
city
court.
Saira
Banu
said
it
is
indeed
a
sad
state
of
affairs
that
a
globally
renowned
celebrity
like
Dilip
Kumar,
who
was
once
the
Sheriff
of
Mumbai
and
its
First
Citizen,
has
to
undergo
this
torture
when
he's
not
well
and
virtually
bed-ridden.
"If
this
is
the
fate
a
person
like
Yusuf
saheb,
awarded
the
Padma
Vibhushan
and
who
is
synonymous
with
acting
in
India,
and
has
to
undergo
all
this,
imagine
the
plight
of
a
commoner.
We
are
hoping
and
praying
that
PM
sa'b
and
CM
sa'b
will
do
something
on
priority," she
further
added.
Chirag
Shah
said
that
taking
advantage
of
the
couple's
old
age
(96/74),
Bhojwani
has
hatched
a
"well-planned
conspiracy" with
the
intention
of
"grabbing"
the
prime
property,
a
dilaphdated
two-storey
bungalow
in
the
posh
Pali
Hill
neighbourhood
of
suburban
Bandra,
to
construct
a
multi-storied
building
there.
"The
builder
wants
to
throw
out
the
couple
claiming
that
his
father
purchased
the
property
in
1980
for
a
mere
Rs
25,000.
However,
the
Property
Card
of
the
plot
clearly
mentions
the
sale
deed
agreement
of
the
plot
dated
Sep
25,
1953,
for
Rs
140,000,
in
the
name
of
Dilip
Kumarji.
The
property
still
stands
in
his
name
as
per
the
Property
Card,"
Shah
told.
Shah
claimed
that
in
collusion
with
officials
of
the
Registration
Office,
Bhojwani
allegedly
got
a
Deed
of
Confirmation
registered
claiming
his
father,
who
died
in
2002,
had
bought
the
property
from
Dilip
Kumar
in
1980.
Since
Dilip
Kumar's
iconic
bungalow,
No
16
on
a
1,600
sq.
metre
plot,
was
in
a
dilapidated
state,
he
shifted
to
his
wife's
bungalow
No.
34
in
the
same
area
in
in
2003.
Saira
Banu
has
already
announced
that
she
will
build
a
museum
in
honour
of
Dilip
Kumar
at
the
No.
16
site,
which
is
the
subject
matter
of
a
controversy
for
several
years.