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        March 5, 2025 at 3:46 am
        Hi,
        On 2nd March I saw one flat and paid 50k deposit amount to the manager of this place who works for the house owner staying in USA. After 2 days I got a job opportunity where my place would be in Indiranagar which is 15km away from my booked flat. I informed the manager this is the situation and Iโ€™m appearing for the interview. If at all I get selected then I cant move in to this flat due to travel situation so if he can hold on our deal or cancel the deal and return my deposit. This manager said its not possible and he will talk to the person A (whose post we saw on flatmate group for replacement) person A will have to pay the rent if he doesnโ€™t find any replacement. Now the person A also got pissed at me and asked me to search for the replacement. He said they might deduct token amount of 20k which I think is unfair as such high amount was never communicated to me. I messaged the owner on LinkedIn the whole situation and I had checked with one lawyer in my circle who said they canโ€™t deduct without my signed agreement, I informed the owner what I found out from the lawyer and requested him to return the deposit as I informed about my job situation within 2 days of paying the deposit. Now, this owner is being very rude to me and saying you spoke to the lawyer now you canโ€™t talk directly to me and ask your lawyer to contact me. When I asked for his contact and mail then he said he will not share and lawyer will share notice to him and he is answerable to the court, not to me and stop harassing me and that Iโ€™m the one twisting my words. Clearly heโ€™s the one being AH here. Can someone please help me here? Iโ€™m planning to go legal way but somewhere I have lost hope because I know in our country law is shitty and maybe no one will help me because the owner is a rich guy living in USA and Iโ€™m no one working here in Bangalore. What can I do here?

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