Not allowed to sell her flat to a Muslim, Pune woman takes on entire ‘society'

When Madhavi Kapoor decided to sell her 1500 sq ft apartment in Pune's upmarket Boat Club Road area and move to a new house in Koregaon Park, she thought it would be a breeze because in an emerging metropolis, an apartment such as hers is sold in no time. But Kapoor, a former principal of the Rewachand Bhojwani Academy, was in for a shock when others in the building told her she had no right selling her apartment to a Muslim family.

And because she had her way, Kapoor says she has been made to run around for the requisite paper work. Till date, the building society - Cozy Corner has 16 apartments, 14 occupied by Sindhis - hasn't handed her a No Objection Certificate.

"It all started when I took the prospective buyers to the society meeting last month to introduce them to the other residents as has been the practice.Because the buyers' surname was Hirani, members assumed they were Sindhis, like 80 per cent of others in the society building. But when the buyers introduced themselves and residents

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