From Malviya Nagar to Sarvodaya Enclave, Kunzom lived in upmarket South Delhi colonies. Presently residents of the second floor flat at B-121 Sarvodaya Enclave, the Budhrajs have managed to keep the court bailiff from serving them an eviction notice.

For three years now, residents of the area have put up with Kunzom, her family and Romesh Sharma's men who frequented the B-121 house. ``The mother came to me and said that their daughter was getting married and they wanted to rent the flat for six months,'' says P L Chopra, original owner of B-121 Sarvodaya Enclave. ``They said they had come down from London and presented the perfect family picture. I gave them the flat and suffered theconsequences.''

Kunzom and her family were using their tried and tested method on Chopra. Starting at Kalkaji, next moving to M-18 Malviya Nagar in 1990 and then finally shifting to Sarvodaya Enclave, the Budhrajs eased their way into unsuspecting people's homes and stayed on with the help of Sharma's goons.The landlords who suffered have the same story to tell. They speak of fancy cars that would come for Kunzom in the middle of the night and of obscene fights with a mother whose daughter accuses her of pushing her into prostitution. The house owners would lease their homes after meeting whom they thought was a respectable family. Only later did they realise what Kunzom actually did. By then it was too late to get them out.

Once the Budhrajs refused to move out from a house, Romesh Sharma's sidekick Billu would intervene. He would ask the owners to meet Sharma, and when they refused he would explain what a ``nice'' girl Kunzom was and what a good family man he was.

On October 24, 1996, Chopra filed asuit for eviction and recovery of rent against Kunzom. She had moved into the flat with her family on August 11, 1995, and had signed a lease for 12 months. The Budhrajs were supposed to pay Rs 3,600 a month plus other expenses. However, the suit filed in the District Judge's court mentions that the lease was neither stamped nor registered and the Budhrajs lived there on a month-to-month basis.

According to Chopra, Kunzom didn't pay rent after February 1, 1996. He sent her a legal notice on August 24, 1996, asking her to vacate the house and pay the rent.

However on October 9, 1998, Kunzom filed an affidavit in the court of Additional District Judge S N Dhingra, asking for a stay on the eviction proceedings. She said that according to the lease, she could purchase the property within three to six months with effect from August 11, 1995. She also said that she had brokered a deal with the owners and they had agreed on a sum of Rs 30 lakh for the house, of which she claims to have paid Rs three lakh. Thepresent owners say: ``Fine. Then let her give us the Rs 27 lakh if she has it. But she isn't paying anything.''

In her affidavit Kunzom also said that she was never issued a summons in connection with Chopra's suit, adding that the signature on the summons is forged. She found out that the Chopras had allegedly forged her signature on the summons only on October 27, 1998, claims Kunzom in her affidavit.

While this case goes on, the Lals finally managed to evict Kunzom and family from their Malviya Nagar residence in September this year.