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• Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested builder Sohail Abdullah Dukka in connection with an alleged fraud in the One Jogeshwari SRA redevelopment project in Jogeshwari West.
• The accused allegedly sold around 10 flats illegally at below-market rates and diverted the money into personal and business accounts instead of the project’s designated RERA account.
• The complaint stated that flats worth nearly INR 14.9 crore were involved, while around INR 10.67 crore was allegedly misappropriated.
• Investigators are examining financial transactions, flat allotments and whether more buyers or investors were impacted in the redevelopment project.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police has arrested builder Sohail Abdullah Dukka in an alleged fraud case linked to the One Jogeshwari slum rehabilitation redevelopment project in Jogeshwari West. The project is located at Behram Baug and was being developed under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme. Advertisement
According to the complaint filed in the matter, Dukka was a partner in Unique Developers, the firm associated with the redevelopment project. Investigators alleged that between 2023 and late 2025, he sold nearly 10 flats in the project without following the approved financial process and allegedly transferred the sale proceeds into his personal bank account and the account of his proprietary firm, Unico Traders.
Officials said the flats were allegedly sold at rates lower than prevailing market prices. The complaint further claimed that the total market value of the flats was close to INR 14.9 crore, while around INR 10.67 crore was allegedly diverted and misappropriated.
As per the redevelopment agreement, all collections from flat sales in the SRA project were required to be deposited into a jointly operated RERA-linked bank account controlled by authorised partners. However, the accused allegedly bypassed this mechanism and handled the transactions independently, according to investigators.
Police officials also stated that Dukka was already lodged in jail in connection with another case registered at MIDC police station when the EOW took action in the present matter. The agency is now examining project-related financial records, buyer transactions and flat allotment details as part of the ongoing probe.
The case has once again highlighted concerns around financial transparency and compliance in Mumbai’s slum redevelopment projects. Over the past few years, several SRA and redevelopment projects across the city have faced complaints related to illegal flat sales, fund diversion, forged documents and delays in rehabilitation housing.
Mumbai’s redevelopment sector continues to remain an important part of the city’s real estate market due to limited land availability and increasing redevelopment activity in older housing clusters and slum pockets. At the same time, authorities have increased scrutiny on SRA projects because such developments involve rehabilitation housing, private sale components and large financial transactions.
The latest investigation is expected to focus on whether proper approvals were followed in the sale of flats and whether additional homebuyers or investors may have been affected by the alleged financial irregularities in the Jogeshwari redevelopment project.
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