Woman accused of illegally occupying NRI’s house in Ahmedabad’s Ghuma

A woman has been accused of illegally occupying an NRI’s house in Ahmedabad’s Ghuma area, for which a complaint has been filed at Bopal police station.

The woman, Nipa Raja, who has lived in the house for the past nine years, has been accused of overdue rent for the past year and refusing to vacate the premises.

Umang Vasani, a non-resident Indian (NRI), had purchased a house in Bhagwat Bungalows in Ghuma in 2008.

The house was rented out to Nipa Raja in 2015, and Vasani handed the power of attorney for the house to his uncle, who timely collected rent till 2020, when the latter passed away. Vasani then handed over the power of attorney to his sister, Rina Desai, a Bapunagar resident.

Vasani had put up the house for sale in 2022 and asked Raja to vacate the premises.

However, she refused to do so. Moreover, she had also stopped paying rent for the house since May 2023. A legal notice was served to vacate the house, but no satisfactory response was received.

Thereafter, a police complaint was lodged in this regard, over which legal proceedings were initiated.