According to the police, Ghelani’s business partner and friend was arrested based on the complaint filed by his daughter Tanvi Ghelani with Umra police station.THE SURAT police on Saturday arrested a woman on charges of extortion and abetment to suicide of Tushar Ghelani, real estate developer and a former Surat Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) chairman.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEOAccording to the police, Ghelani’s business partner and friend was arrested based on the complaint filed by his daughter Tanvi Ghelani with Umra police station.In her complaint, Tanvi alleged, “The woman was a friend of my father and they were business partners in a school started by my father by the name of ‘Blue Papilon’ at Vesu. She was regularly mentally harassing and torturing my father, raising their relationship.”“On February 1, when we all were at our home making a list of people to invite, she (the accused woman) called on my fathers mobile phone and told him that she would attend the wedding and expose their relationship before family, relatives and friends with evidence. Feeling depressed, my father (Tushar Ghelani) went to his bedroom and shot himself in the head using his licensed revolver,” Tanvi said in her police complaint.Tanvi alleged, “A month before the incident (on February 1) Tushar disclosed her relationship with the woman to me.I supported him and later I went to meet the woman at her home and told her to end the relationship. She threatened me and demanded 50 per cent ownership in the properties owned by my father (Tushar Ghelani). She also said she will not leave him.”Acting on the complaint, Umra police registered an offence under BNS Section 308 (2) (extortion), 108 (abetment of suicide) on Tuesday and arrested the woman on Saturday.Meanwhile , the accused woman had also filed a complaint with Umra police alleging that she was being harassed by the family members of Tushar Ghelani.Story continues below this adAssistant commissioner of police H Division Z R Desai said, “We have gone through the applications submitted by both parties and found gravity in the application submitted by Tanvi. There is no evidence on the allegations raised by the accused woman. Tanvi had in his application mentioned that the accused woman had forcefully become 50 per cent partner in the school.”“It is also alleged that Tushar Ghelani had transferred the ownership of some shops costing Rs 1 crore to the accused woman. She had also taken Rs 1.37 lakh from the school’s funds,” Desai added.“We are investigating the case from all angles. We have arrested the woman and will seek her remand for questioning,” he added.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd