‘Neighbours’ clueless about man who declared ` 2 lakh cr

MUMBAI: Residents of Jubilee Court on Linking Road in Bandra woke up surprised to see media presence outside their building on Sunday. The reason: A family, the Sayeds, residing in the ground plus two building had declared an income of `2 lakh crore.

But here’s the catch. The residents say they have never heard of the Sayeds living in flat number four as claimed by the official government release. They claim the flat has been vacant for several years.

A resident of the building said, “The flat has been closed from over 7 years. Around a decade ago, one Shailesh Hingorani owned the flat and he used to run a beauty parlour. Before that, RR Vaid lived there and sold the flat around 15 years ago.”

“The flat has been on sale for the past one year. A week ago, a resident even received a forwarded message from an unknown broker on his phone, asking interested parties to buy the flat,” said another resident of the building .

A few residents and shopkeepers in the locality claimed the flat is currently owned by a builder.

According to a press note issued by the Public Information Bureau (PIB), a family of four — Abdul Razzaque Mohammed Sayed, his son Mohammed Aarif Abdul Razzaque Sayed, wife Rukhsana Abdul Razzaque Sayed and sister Noorjahan Mohammed Sayed — were listed as residents of flat no. 4, ground floor, Jubilee Court, 269-B, T.P.SIII, Linking Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai. The note said the family had filed a total declaration of `2 lakh crore. Three of the four PAN numbers were registered in Ajmer, which were migrated to Mumbai in September 2016, when the declarations were filed.

The income-tax department has rejected the family’s declaration of `2 lakh crore and investigations in the matter are on, the Union finance ministry said.