Nagpur, India: A man threatened to blow up a hospital using a vehicle loaded with gas cylinders and demanded Rs 11 crore to settle a land deal. Dhantoli Police have filed a case against Neeraj Radheshyam Gandhi, a resident of Vijayanand Society, Wardha Road, following a complaint from Dr. Mahesh Chandulal Fulwani (55), of Shree Krishna Heart Care Hospital, Dhantoli, according to a local report.

Background of the land dispute
According to the police, Dr. Fulwani had been searching for land to build a hospital when his friend Narendra Gandhi introduced him to a plot in Somalwada. On November 10, 2017, he entered into an agreement with Sudhanshu Degwekar and Raju Dawda, directors of M/s Kanchanganga Realtors Pvt Ltd, to purchase the land for Rs 13.50 crore. He made an initial payment of Rs 5 crore but withheld the remaining amount due to a legal dispute involving Ashish Rathi, Director of Monarch Infrastructure, who had filed a court case concerning the property. 

After the land deal, Neeraj Gandhi visited Dr. Fulwani at his hospital in November 2017, claiming to have already secured an agreement for the same plot. He then started demanding Rs 5 crore through phone calls and allegedly threatened to frame Dr. Fulwani in a false case.

On August 26, 2024, Gandhi increased his threats by sending a WhatsApp message to Dr. Fulwani, stating that the matter could be settled for Rs 11 crore. When Dr. Fulwani ignored the demand, Gandhi reportedly threatened to blow up his hospital by crashing a vehicle filled with gas cylinders.

Dhantoli Police have registered a case against Gandhi under Sections 308(3) and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Investigations are ongoing to assess the seriousness of the threat and take necessary security measures.