The glass doors that lead to the dance floor are etched with images of Ganesha and Shiva, there is another imposing statue of Durga on a tiger just outside.

The colours are revolting: bright blues, pinks and greens, all lined with gold. The domestic help said that Sharma had specially got a sculptor from Calcutta, Anand Pal, to work on the house.

The alleged associate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who is lodged at Tihar Jail right now, has left a lot of work incomplete in the farmhouse. There were plans for a fish pond beyond the drawing room in the basement and the domestic help said that finishing touches had to be put on the statues.

Sharma's kitchen could feed a football stadium. Right now, however, there is a layer of dust on the brown granite table-tops and two six-burner stoves in the centre, six green wine glasses in a cabinet, half-filled plastic containers full of rajma and masoor dal and an unopened tin of Kraft cheese.

To the right of the kitchen is a large glass-topped dining table that can seat 12. A sweeping canvas of Krishna celebrating on Janmashtami overseas the table.

As you gingerly walk up the marble steps, you can't help noticing Jai Mata Di written in gold all along the carved banister. You can only enter Sharma's room through a mandir. A Sony TV is comfortably placed near a large rath and scores of silver idols are strewn carelessly on a bedsheet, almost as if someone was trying to pack in a hurry.

You pass a Godrej refrigerator while entering Sharma's master bedroom. There is heavy wooden furniture everywhere and numerous glass-topped carved tables with pink and gold tissue boxes on top. The furniture is identical in four rooms of the house.

A large LG TV set is placed next to a 1500-watt Sony music system and a half-eaten tin of Blue Diamond roasted almonds is still lying near Sharma's bed.

But it's the black and gold bathroom that almost defies all description. Somehow Sharma's presence is almost palpable: A green and red Bombay Dyeing towel is carelessly draped on a holder, the Signal 2 toothpaste tube is open and a hair dryer is still attached to a socket.

He obviously made provisions for women as well: Cans of Impulse deodorant fight for space on a crowded table, while his Lynx aftershave lies just above a black and gold dustbin.

Sharma's office is attached to the house. And just next to his table are the controls for the Weston 16-circuit cameras. So he could just sit in his office and watch whatever happened in every corner of his home. Surprisingly, all the cameras have been pulled out of the rooms and bathrooms. A pit is in the process of being dug in the basement. The domestic help said that some of the idols were to be covered in glass. Sharma obviously had more plans for his farmhouse.