Model Colony flat listing · Crime
Pune senior citizen approaches police against unauthorised online listing of Model Colony flat for Rs 5 crore
An advertisement for a retired Pune senior citizen’s flat, posted on an online property platform in the name of a real estate agency, was removed by an agent who posted it after his complaint to police.
IllustrationA retired senior citizen in Pune has gone to the cybercrime cell and Chaturshringi police after his four-BHK flat in Model Colony was advertised online for Rs 5 crore, though he had no plans to sell it and had authorised no one to advertise it.
“Who put my flat up for sale?”
The advertisement offered the 2,758 sq ft flat, on the 12th floor of Dharmesh Apartment near Dhotre Chowk, and was posted on an online property platform in the name of a real estate agency.
In his complaint, he said he had neither put the flat on the market nor authorised any property dealer to advertise it. He fears someone could be attempting a property transaction without his consent. He sought a probe and submitted a copy of the advertisement.
The agent who posted the listing removed it after the complaint. Police are now trying to establish who approached the agent and instructed him to advertise the flat, and are probing the motive.
Police have appealed to senior citizens facing harassment to approach their local police station or lodge a complaint directly at the police commissioner’s office, and to report any attempt to conduct property transactions without their consent.
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