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<i><div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1995October%2Fromesh1_103012092353.gif" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>Suresh Rao (standing) and Romesh Sharma: getting even</div>A day after his arrest, Romesh Sharma spoke to Principal Correspondent Sayantan Chakravarty in police custody. Excerpts:<br><br><b>Q. The police say you harboured Dawood Ibrahim's men in the various houses you own in Delhi and Mumbai?</b><br><p>A. There is no truth in this allegation. I had to flee Mumbai in 1987 because I was tormented by Dawood's men. They wanted to take away my house in Juhu; when I did not accept their offer, I received several threats. Finally, they set fire to the house, assuming I was inside. Dawood wants me dead. Luckily that day I was aboard a flight to Delhi. I haven't gone there since.<br><br><i><b>Q. </b></i><b>Have you abandoned the property?</b><br>A. In a way, yes. At one point, some 150-200 mafia men were occupying that place. Thirty five of them have been arrested.<br><br><i><b>Q. </b></i><b>The police claim you have 16 properties whose purchase has been financed by the mafia ...</b><br>A. I do not have more than four or five houses of my own. The rest have been wrongly attributed to me.<br><i><b><br>Q. </b></i><b>Your houses are worth crores. You also have a fancy fleet of cars. From where did you get the money to buy them?</b><br>A. I earn enough from my 200 acre farm at Faridabad to keep myself going. My political activities are taken care of by it.<br><i><b><br>Q. </b></i><b>Suresh Rao says at your instance Irfan Goga has been threatening to eliminate him.</b><br>A. Rao is sore with me because he wanted me to pay him Rs 70 lakh for the helicopter I purchased from him. I paid him Rs 30 lakh. The fact is the helicopter is worth not more than Rs 5 lakh.<br><i><b><br>Q. </b></i><b>They say your real name is Ram Chandra Mishra and you have changed it to hide your criminal past?</b><br>A. It is not correct. Ever since my birth, I've had only one name. And it is the one you know.<br></p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Nov 2, 1998</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></i>

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<i><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1995October%2Fromesh1_103012092353.gif" loading="lazy" /></div>Suresh Rao (standing) and Romesh Sharma: getting even</div>A day after his arrest, Romesh Sharma spoke to Principal Correspondent Sayantan Chakravarty in police custody. Excerpts:<br><br><b>Q. The police say you harboured Dawood Ibrahim's men in the various houses you own in Delhi and Mumbai?</b><br><p>A. There is no truth in this allegation. I had to flee Mumbai in 1987 because I was tormented by Dawood's men. They wanted to take away my house in Juhu; when I did not accept their offer, I received several threats. Finally, they set fire to the house, assuming I was inside. Dawood wants me dead. Luckily that day I was aboard a flight to Delhi. I haven't gone there since.<br><br><i><b>Q. </b></i><b>Have you abandoned the property?</b><br>A. In a way, yes. At one point, some 150-200 mafia men were occupying that place. Thirty five of them have been arrested.<br><br><i><b>Q. </b></i><b>The police claim you have 16 properties whose purchase has been financed by the mafia ...</b><br>A. I do not have more than four or five houses of my own. The rest have been wrongly attributed to me.<br><i><b><br>Q. </b></i><b>Your houses are worth crores. You also have a fancy fleet of cars. From where did you get the money to buy them?</b><br>A. I earn enough from my 200 acre farm at Faridabad to keep myself going. My political activities are taken care of by it.<br><i><b><br>Q. </b></i><b>Suresh Rao says at your instance Irfan Goga has been threatening to eliminate him.</b><br>A. Rao is sore with me because he wanted me to pay him Rs 70 lakh for the helicopter I purchased from him. I paid him Rs 30 lakh. The fact is the helicopter is worth not more than Rs 5 lakh.<br><i><b><br>Q. </b></i><b>They say your real name is Ram Chandra Mishra and you have changed it to hide your criminal past?</b><br>A. It is not correct. Ever since my birth, I've had only one name. And it is the one you know.<br></p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Nov 2, 1998</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></i>

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