The Jogeshwari-based exotic pet shop owner, Wajid Shaikh, received a payment of Rs 1.95 lakh just after mid-day published the story detailing how former NCP-SP corporator Rakhee Jadhav organised a Van Mahotsav at Ghatkopar. The event featured an ostrich and other exotic birds, but the pet shop owner had not allegedly been paid for his services.

Shaikh, who runs an exotic pet shop in Jogeshwari West, rented several exotic birds for the event. Shaikh received only a R50,000 advance payment and had been requesting the remaining R2 lakh for the past two months from Jadhav and her husband, Satish. After filing a complaint with the Goregaon police and requesting an FIR for fraud against Jadhav and her husband, Shaikh had not seen any action from the police.