{"id":336420,"date":"2026-05-18T01:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=336420"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:59:33","slug":"jaaved-jaaferis-wife-habiba-allegedly-duped-of-rs-16-24-crores-businessman-held-bollywood-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/jaaved-jaaferis-wife-habiba-allegedly-duped-of-rs-16-24-crores-businessman-held-bollywood-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaaved Jaaferi\u2019s wife Habiba allegedly duped of Rs 16.24 crores, businessman held : Bollywood News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mumbai Crime Branch\u2019s Property Cell has arrested businessman Nishit Patel in an alleged Rs 16.24 crores cheating case involving Habiba Jaffrey, the wife of Bollywood actor Jaaved Jaaferi. The case, considered high-profile, has been registered at Khar Police Station against six accused, including BMC Assistant Commissioner Mahesh Patil. The FIR names Nishit Patel, Mahesh Patil, Rupesh, Sagar Mehta, Devendra Padwal, and several other others under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 341(1), 61(2), and three(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).<\/p>\n
Police officials said the accused allegedly deceived the Jaffrey family by claiming they’d close ties with influential builders and senior government authorities. They reportedly persuaded the family to take a position crores of rupees within the \u201cLatest Kamalkunj\u201d redevelopment project positioned in Bandra West, promising high financial returns and speedy possession of the property. Investigators allege that forged paperwork, fake letters of interest, and fabricated registration-related formalities were used to make the deal appear real and win the family\u2019s confidence.<\/p>\n
The investigation has further revealed that the invested funds were routed through multiple company accounts. During interrogation, primary accused Nishit Patel is claimed to have admitted his involvement in creating fake documents. Authorities are actually probing whether similar tactics were used to focus on other actors and outstanding personalities as well.<\/p>\n
As per available information, Habiba Jaffrey had received a BMC notice in April 2024 regarding property tax dues linked to her bungalow in Andheri. During that period, an acquaintance named Ali Raza reportedly introduced her to Mahesh Patil, who was serving because the Assistant Commissioner of the BMC\u2019s G-South Ward. Investigators allege that Patil initially offered assistance in resolving the tax-related issue and later advised the family to make the investment, which eventually became a part of the alleged fraud scheme.<\/p>\n
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The Mumbai Crime Branch\u2019s Property Cell has arrested businessman Nishit Patel in an alleged Rs 16.24 crores cheating case involving Habiba Jaffrey, the wife of Bollywood actor Jaaved Jaaferi. The case, considered high-profile, has been registered at Khar Police Station against six accused, including BMC Assistant Commissioner Mahesh Patil. The FIR names Nishit Patel, Mahesh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20659],"tags":[1653,7785,17367,9303,28227,51841,9310,48089,37426,395,1665],"class_list":["post-336420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bollywood","tag-allegedly","tag-bollywood","tag-businessman","tag-crores","tag-duped","tag-habiba","tag-held","tag-jaaferis","tag-jaaved","tag-news","tag-wife"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336423,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336420\/revisions\/336423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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