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Viral Rat-in-Dosa Video from Mumbai Leads to Extortion Case Against Two Sisters
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CNBC TV18•07-10-2026, 13:30
Viral Rat-in-Dosa Video from Mumbai Leads to Extortion Case Against Two Sisters
- •A viral video showing a rat inside a dosa at a Borivali hotel triggered social media outrage and led the FDA to suspend the restaurant's license.
- •The hotelier, Jai Kishore Shah, filed a police complaint alleging that two sisters, Mansi Acharya and Kinjal, used the video to extort money.
- •The accused sisters initially demanded 25 lakh rupees, which was later negotiated down to 7 lakh rupees, with 1 lakh paid in advance.
- •Borivali Police registered a case against the sisters under Section 308 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for extortion and served them notices during a planned meeting.
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The Borivali Police booked sisters Mansi and Kinjal Acharya for allegedly trying to extort money from hotelier Jai Kishore Shah by threatening to file complaints and further circulate a viral video showing a rat inside a dosa.
Following the circulation of the video, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended the hotel’s licence on September 28, forcing the establishment to shut down.
According to the hotelier's complaint, the sisters initially demanded 25 lakh rupees, which was later negotiated down to 7 lakh rupees, with an advance payment of 1 lakh rupees already made.
