Panaji:
A UK-based NRI and chairman of a hotel group, which has investment interests in Goa's hospitality sector, has alleged that two local businessmen threatened him in Panaji with dire consequences over a land deal in the state.
Chairman of Hotel Country India Pvt Limited Charnesh Kapoor along with company's director Farid Khan, both UK-based NRIs, approached police on Saturday to lodge a complaint against a brother duo Bhushan Kadam and Atul Kadam for allegedly threatening them at a five star hotel here after cheating them in a land deal.
"We had already paid Rs 13.8 crore to the accused, who forged the documents and misled us in the land deal," Kapoor said at the police station.
As per the complaint, they have a rift with the accused over alleged forged land documents.
"While in one case, the land belonged to a person who has died 15 years ago while in another case, the land was a government property," Kapoor said.
He said that they would file a case of forgery against the brother duo with Delhi police as all the papers were signed in Delhi between both the parties.
Kadam brothers' name had also cropped up during controversial marriage registration of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. In the records produced before marriage registration authority, Dutt had shown Kadam's residence as his address in Goa. The marriage registration was cancelled after state government inquiry revealed that Dutt was not staying with Kadam family in Margao town.
Kapoor and Khan had flown from Delhi to collect money, which they had paid to the accused over last few years to get a land in the state to set up a hotel project.
"Entire transaction was done through proper channel. It was foreign direct investment (FDI) and the transfers were done as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines," Kapoor said.
The hotel group claims to have invested Rs 160 crore in and around Delhi in commercial buildings and media. Entire group is worth USD 300 million, he said.
"Our Goa project is envisaged to the tune of Rs 250 crore," Kapoor added.
Chairman of Hotel Country India Pvt Limited Charnesh Kapoor along with company's director Farid Khan, both UK-based NRIs, approached police on Saturday to lodge a complaint against a brother duo Bhushan Kadam and Atul Kadam for allegedly threatening them at a five star hotel here after cheating them in a land deal.
"We had already paid Rs 13.8 crore to the accused, who forged the documents and misled us in the land deal," Kapoor said at the police station.
As per the complaint, they have a rift with the accused over alleged forged land documents.
"While in one case, the land belonged to a person who has died 15 years ago while in another case, the land was a government property," Kapoor said.
He said that they would file a case of forgery against the brother duo with Delhi police as all the papers were signed in Delhi between both the parties.
Kadam brothers' name had also cropped up during controversial marriage registration of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. In the records produced before marriage registration authority, Dutt had shown Kadam's residence as his address in Goa. The marriage registration was cancelled after state government inquiry revealed that Dutt was not staying with Kadam family in Margao town.
Kapoor and Khan had flown from Delhi to collect money, which they had paid to the accused over last few years to get a land in the state to set up a hotel project.
"Entire transaction was done through proper channel. It was foreign direct investment (FDI) and the transfers were done as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines," Kapoor said.
The hotel group claims to have invested Rs 160 crore in and around Delhi in commercial buildings and media. Entire group is worth USD 300 million, he said.
"Our Goa project is envisaged to the tune of Rs 250 crore," Kapoor added.
