Navi Mumbai: Real estate developers talk of living in the shadow of fear

Three years after tragedy first struck outside the building of S K Brothers Builders & Developers at Sector 28 in Vashi, a nervous energy still prevails within its walls. When we enter the reception area, an armed cop relaxing on a sofa, is suddenly alarmed. He sizes us up, but is assured by the receptionist. We are then led into the spacious chamber of 28-year-old Sandeep Kumar Lahoria aka Sunny. "No cameras, please," he insists. "I am wary of getting photographed," he says. But, the fear Sandeep reveals is in glaring contradiction to the battle he has been fighting since February 2013, when his developer father, Sunil Kumar Lahoria (51), was killed by a spray of bullets.

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