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Mumbai Builder Reported Kidnapped Found at Vasai Rehab After First Wife’s Order

An abduction FIR remains active as investigators assess a forced rehabilitation arranged over claimed alcohol addiction.

Overview

  • Versova police traced 55-year-old developer Chandrakant Bhunu to a rehabilitation centre in Vasai in Palghar district.
  • Officers said his first wife, Chandraprabha, had him admitted for alcohol addiction, with staff from the facility carrying out the removal.
  • His second wife, Afsana Arab, reported that four men arrived at their Four Bungalows home around 12.30 am on October 5 and took him away in a car.
  • A kidnapping case was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Sections 140(3) and 3(5), following her complaint.
  • Investigators are examining competing accounts, including the second wife’s allegation of a link to a property dispute involving his son.