A scene straight out of a hot-shot bollywood or hollywood crime and horror blockbuster. Mega scale scam, Huge money theft, Multiple FIRS, Fraudalent siphoning of money - donations and funds meant for health care that runs into thousands of crores aka millions for personal enrichment, Legal Drama, Family Fueds, Black Magic and what not all packed in the backdrop of a prestigious 'premier' Hospital of all places. Hospital, which people trust with their lives. And a reputed hospital at that, this one, what with the who's who of the world like Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Khan and other elite ( from big politicians to cricketers to superstars ) being its patron at some point or the other. Unbelievable right? But better believe it. Because, thats whats been unravelling in the past couple of weeks. And its not a movie, but, bloody real life!
Lets start with the story. Like many other feuds, its also largely a family feud and is amongst blood relatives. And property, money greed being the primary factor. Bigger the status of those involved, bigger the magnitude of crime.
So, a certain Kirtilal Maninal Mehta lost his wife Lilavati due to lack of medical fascilities at that time and opened a Medical Trust in her memory. The Trust was managed by the family members. He had four sons and three daughters. His sons Kishor and Prabodh primarily founded the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Hospital later in the mid 1990's, while the rest of family became the trustees. While most of his sons and daughters were also based in Antwerp, Kishor was based in Bombay. However, the other son's family ( and few other related members ) who had diamond business interests too are the ones currently accused of siphoning off 1500+ crores. They are the ex-trustees. And all blood relations to one another. It seems the Kishor section and Prabodh sections became rivals over time. And currently, its the Kishor faction thats handling the affairs of Lilavati. His son Prashant's office was where the floor was dug to reveal the black magic items. Its seemingly the rival faction did those so that they ( Kishor's family and interests ) were caused harm, or legal proceeedings delayed. Most shocking in all these were of course the 8 pots or urns containing human ash, bones, hair, rice etc used typically in occult or black magic practices.
This episode brings back to forth the fact that own family members become our worst enenies in the end - all for money, property, assets. When you grow up and become adults, those same siblings or relations you grew up with becomes your worst rivals. All because of greed, jealousy, hatred, insecurity. There are multiple instances of property fights between siblings/relatives. And doing black magic or 'maran kriya' has reached sickening proportions. People are even willing to kill or cause harm. I know a family of four brothers and a sister. The eldest brother had fallen sick; and strangely so, as doctors could not find an ailment. However, his condition grew worse. His wife decided to take him to an 'ojha' or occultist, who told that he was given black magic and something bad was growing in his gut as a result. Weird, the doctors had not found anything. So, the wife took him to hospital and insisted on an X-ray. The doctor operated and found some hairy bunch growing at his gut which had no explanation - its was like some thick roots of a bushy tree. The occultist had told the wife what the doctors couldnot. His siblings had performed black magic for his property. He was the eldest, and in previous times, the eldest one had greater share in property which his other siblings resented. Like this incident, there are other many countless examples of blood relations gone horrible - mainly for property. I have some examples closer home too. Some bad experiences that only reconfirms the bitter truth.
Examples of similar dynastic disputes that made headlines - Ambani brothers, Lodha brothers, Haldirams, Singhanias, KK Modi, The Oberois, Baba Kalyani, Birlas, Murugappas, Kirloskars, Godrejs, Kapoor family, Sridevi vs sister Srilata, Ameesha patil vs her family, Aamir khan vs brother faisal khan, Kher Family, Jatin Lalit music duo, Kajol vs tanisha, Lata vs Asha, Babbar family, Rohit Shetty vs bro, Hrithik sv his sister, Govinda vs nephew plus many more. But, time and again we have seen, Karma hits back!
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