Actress Tanushree Dutta has alleged that her housing society in Mumbai's Oshiwara area cut off her kitchen water supply after she refused entry to unidentified workers without proper written documentation or procedure. In an Instagram post on 6 May, she detailed a months-long dispute with building management over access to her home for plumbing and civil work.

Dutta, who made her Bollywood debut in Aashiq Banaya Aapne, stated that her kitchen water supply has been disconnected for the past two months following her refusal to allow unknown workers into her residence without official email communication detailing the scope of work and worker identities. She claimed that building management has repeatedly denied her requests for documentation and has pressured her family to override her objections.

The housing dispute

According to Dutta's account, the building society has sent multiple workers over the past year for what was described as plumbing repairs, citing a recurring "leaking kitchen pipes" issue. She alleged that staff turnover made it impossible to track workers or follow up on complaints, and that building management ceased responding to her communications once she insisted on formal procedures.

"They say that unless I allow these unknown random men into my home without any proper procedure, they will not restart my kitchen water supply," Dutta wrote. She added that the society now seeks permission for civil work involving structural changes to her kitchen floor and tiles, again without providing official documentation of the work scope or worker credentials.

Broader allegations emerge

In the comment section of her post, Dutta made wider claims connecting her housing dispute to her 2018 sexual harassment accusation against actor Nana Patekar on the sets of the 2009 film Horn 'Ok' Pleassss. She alleged the existence of "criminal organisations" that operate "under the radar but are connected with police, administration, politics and judiciary."

"They play it well, to make their victims look and sound unstable while they push the victims to a slow death," she stated. Dutta claimed that her building society contains residents with film industry connections who may be "star struck" and involved in pressuring her.

Daya Nayak and alleged behavioural shift

Dutta specifically mentioned retired encounter specialist Daya Nayak, who she said resides in the same building and has professional ties to Nana Patekar — the actor portrayed Nayak in a film. She claimed that Nayak was previously "responsive and polite" during social encounters, but "became very strange towards" her after 2018, coinciding with her public #MeToo allegations against Patekar.

"There's a cop called Daya Nayak that stays in my building, he has ties with Nana because Nana played him in a flop film. Daya was always responsive and polite whenever he met me at social gatherings because I had also done a film with Randeep Hooda on a similar subject. But after 2018 he became very strange towards me," Dutta wrote.

Building residents and influence

Dutta expressed surprise that a retired police officer could afford a flat in the high-end building, and noted that the society houses several film industry professionals. She mentioned that Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar owns a flat in an adjacent building, suggesting that the concentration of wealth and industry connections creates an environment where building management could be influenced to target her.

"Even Akshay Kumar owns a flat here next building, just saying fyi. Thus proves that some of these high end hi-fi buildings can have stuff going on so dark and shady that one thinks maybe living in a village would be safer than here," she stated.

Legal backdrop

In 2025, a Mumbai Court dismissed Dutta's sexual harassment case and related pleas against Nana Patekar. Despite the court's ruling, Dutta has continued to raise concerns about her living situation and alleged coordinated actions against her.