We liked a villa and dealing was done through agent and builder manager. According to the Bank details given by them I transferred Rs 50000 as token advance to Property owner to confirm our genuinity. Before transferring they promised us on verbal agreement that amount will be returned if we are unable to proceed due to any reasons. But even after fund transfer they did not confirm the transaction even after 3 days and also they did not provide us owners contact details and asked to deposit 50k more and later 2 lakh to get it done on stamp paper .and then it was 5 lakh . They dint even give us documents to get legal opinion. We felt there was no transparency in the dealing and also due to delay in sale of one of our property we called off the deal within 10 days of amount transfer. They even took our bank details to return token advance amount. But it’s been more than a month and they have blocked our phone numbers and not responding well and putting the blame on us That due to us owner lost other interested buyers. Not even once did the owner tried to contact us. And we don't know who the person is. What am I supposed to do? Can the owner forfeit the advance amount even after agreeing to repay if deal canceled?
