Management refused to refund the deposit

[Mightynamit2440]

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Mightynamit2440
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April 16, 2025 at 3:02 am

Hi! I recently got married in India and one of the functions of my pre wedding festivities happened in the community space of the apartment. We had a very small wedding so family members were handling everything.
What happened: my father mistakenly filled the wrong date on the form (date of a day before the actual function). Its a really new complex so noone had booked the space a day before and after so we were allowed to host on the actual day.
However, the manager bullied my father into paying 10K as a ‘fees’ to allow to host which he did out of desperation (last minute, vendors had arrived)
They already had a 15k deposit when the amount was paid.

I was suspicious of the 10k amount as the manager was very ambiguous about why he was asking that money so after the wedding I confronted him and he capitulated that he infact was taking a bribe (I have voice recording of that meeting) Now they refuse to return the security deposit as well stating that we used it two days (the decorations were taken out by 10am)
What do you suggest i do? I know its probably not that big of an amount but my parents are aging so that amount can offer them a lot of things. I don’t live in India so I am not confronting the person on call fearing he may harm my parents.
Please suggest what should I do here.

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[Anishthinker951]

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Anishthinker951
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April 16, 2025 at 3:06 am

Does your housing complex use app like MyGate? If yes, what is stopping you from posting the voice note on the app? Also, you could raise it to RWA. Or, just let the manager know that you are going to the police with this voice note and see it if it frightens him enough to return the money.

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[Mightynamit2440]

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Mightynamit2440
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April 16, 2025 at 3:32 am

They dont use the app but I think there is a WhatsApp group with members. And the reason why I am not threatening the manager is because I fear if he could harm my parents.

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[Anishthinker951]

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Anishthinker951
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April 16, 2025 at 4:04 am

Maybe post this as well that you did not speak any sooner is because you fear the harm. However, if you are really very fearful of the harm, let this incident pass – it will save you a lot of stress.

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[Epicninja8828]

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Epicninja8828
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April 16, 2025 at 4:24 am

Don’t expect to get your money back. You essentially used the hall for two days. The error part is on you.

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[Hiteshguru668]

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Hiteshguru668
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April 16, 2025 at 4:48 am

Speak directly to the manager, threaten police action or leaking the voice note in the society group and facing embarassment or even loss of job. The fear of loss of job should be enough to stop him. This is not a legal advice just something that could be settled amicably.

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