Tucked behind rusted gates and overgrown creepers, a crumbling single-storey house in Nagpur’s Jamdarwadi is now at the heart of a ₹314.79 crore tax controversy.
The name Matoshri still hangs above the door, and a faded board advertising makeup services and event cakes—Majestic Touch Beauty Parlour—is still fixed to the gate. But the house is deserted, its electricity disconnected and a water bill of over ₹1,000 unpaid. Plot number 49, a 2,000 sq ft property near Lendi Talav, once echoed with the lives of the Kohad family. Now, it stands silent.
This modest home once belonged to Chandrashekhar Panditrao Kohad—a mason from Multai, Madhya Pradesh—who now finds himself entangled in a massive income tax case. With both the IT Department and Enforcement Directorate circling, this abandoned Nagpur address has been drawn into the spotlight.
Neighbors say Kohad hasn’t lived here for nearly four years. “He was born here. His father worked with the NMC, his mother was a principal under the Zilla Parishad. They were well-respected,” shared Krishna Rao Maokadai, a longtime resident.
Municipal records show the house isn’t even in Kohad’s name—it’s owned by his mother, Pushpa Panditrao Kohad. Yet the property has now come under scrutiny for potential seizure.
Another family plot in the area was sold years ago. The once-proud Kohad household is now reduced to peeling walls and parched soil.
As Chandrashekhar prepares to face tax authorities this Monday, questions swirl—about how a mason earning ₹500 a day became the face of a ₹314 crore tax recovery. And in this quiet Nagpur lane, a locked house whispers secrets louder than words.