Mumbai, Aug. 8 -- A metropolitan magistrate's court in Mulund has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Rajeev Jain, director of Nirmal Lifestyle, a real estate company, for repeatedly ignoring court summons in a cheating case. The court has also held the senior inspector of Mulund police responsible for not executing prior warrants and for not submitting any compliance report. The court said that despite being issued a bailable warrant on January 28, the accused had not appeared before the court, and no explanation was submitted by the investigating officer. "It appears that the investigating officer has not complied with the order," the magistrate said. The issue stems from a complaint filed by Juliana D'Souza, a senior citizen who booked a flat in a Nirmal Lifestyle project in Kalyan in 2016. According to D'Souza, the project was stalled and many flats were not delivered to their owners. Her representative, advocate Sunita Banis, filed a petition on May 14, 2024 accusing Jain of 'deliberate non-compliance' and urged the court to issue a non-bailable warrant against him. Banis' application emphasised that D'Souza was vulnerable and had suffered "grave hardship, including homelessness, as a direct consequence of the accused's unlawful acts". Banis told the court, "This is not merely about one flat. It is about the systemic failure to protect senior citizens from being defrauded by powerful developers." The matter is now listed for further hearing on August 14....