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Mumbai Writer Alleges ₹2.20 Crore Fraud in Property Deals
Film writer Mallika Gharde says a woman named Geeta Yadav promised to arrange several properties and a car.
The deals allegedly involved a flat in Juhu, a farmhouse in Lonavala and a car.
Yadav allegedly said these assets could be bought cheaply because they were connected to auctions.
Gharde and her late husband reportedly sent money to accounts provided by Yadav.
They say they never received the flat, farmhouse or car.
They also say the money was not returned.
Gharde’s husband died in July 2024 after suffering from liver disease.
She later learned that earlier cheating cases had allegedly been registered against Yadav.
Kurar police have registered a fraud case and are investigating.
Film writer Mallika Gharde alleged that Geeta Yadav cheated her and her late husband in flat, car and farmhouse transactions.
Yadav allegedly offered a three-bedroom flat in Juhu’s Vandana Cooperative Society for ₹2 crore.
The couple allegedly transferred ₹2.8 lakh toward the flat but did not receive the property or a refund.
They allegedly paid another ₹12.26 lakh for a car and a Lonavala farmhouse that were said to be headed for auction.
Kurar police registered an FIR against Yadav on August 22; the article says the reported fraud totaled ₹2.20 crore, while the specifically described payments total ₹15.06 lakh.
- Who
- Film writer Mallika Gharde and her late husband, Datta Gharde, are the complainants; Geeta Yadav is the woman named in the FIR.
- What
- Yadav is alleged to have cheated the couple through proposed deals involving a Juhu flat, a Lonavala farmhouse and a car.
- Where
- The proposed flat was in Juhu, Mumbai; the farmhouse was in Lonavala; the complaint was registered with Kurar police.
- When
- The reported transactions took place in 2023 and 2024; Datta Gharde died in July 2024, and Kurar police registered the FIR on August 22.
- Why
- Gharde alleges that Yadav used claims about auctioned and bank-attached properties to obtain money without delivering the assets or returning the funds.
Key facts
- Complainant
- Mallika Gharde, a 42-year-old film writer residing in Malad East
- Named accused
- Geeta Yadav
- Reported fraud amount
- ₹2.20 crore, according to the article’s headline and report
- Flat offer
- A three-bedroom flat in Juhu’s Vandana Cooperative Society, allegedly offered for ₹2 crore
- Flat-related payment
- ₹2.8 lakh allegedly transferred between April 24 and September 2, 2023
- Car and farmhouse payment
- ₹12.26 lakh allegedly paid in November 2023
- Police action
- Kurar police registered an FIR against Yadav on August 22










