Pune: ‘Who Put My Flat Up For Sale?’ Senior Citizen Approaches Police Against Unauthorised Listing

Pune, 10th November 2026: A retired senior citizen was in a shock when he came across an online advertisement offering his four-BHK flat for sale for Rs 5 crore, despite having no plans to sell the property or authorising anyone to advertise it. The unauthorised listing, featuring his apartment in Model Colony, has prompted him to approach the cybercrime cell and Chaturshringi police.

The advertisement offered the 2,758 sq ft flat on the 12th floor of Dharmesh Apartment, near Dhotre Chowk, for Rs 5 crore. It was posted on an online property platform in the name of real estate agency Ashmit Realty.

In his complaint, the retired man said he had neither put the flat on the market nor authorised any property dealer to advertise it. He also expressed apprehension that someone could be attempting to initiate a property transaction without his consent and sought a probe into the matter. He has submitted a copy of the advertisement to the police.

Following the complaint, the agent who posted the listing removed the advertisement. However, police are now trying to establish who approached the agent and instructed him to advertise the flat. Investigators are also probing the motive behind the unauthorised listing.

Police have appealed to senior citizens facing harassment to approach their local police station or directly lodge a complaint at the police commissioner’s office. They have also urged elderly residents to report any attempt to conduct property transactions without their consent or any form of harassment related to their assets.