Updated On: 15 December, 2023 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
As investigators say something is fishy in alleged disappearance of businessman, several families narrate their last-minute wedding ordeal

Hitesh Rathod, who had been running Yash Caterers for 25 years
The Kandivali police, who are searching for Hitesh Rathod, the debt-ridden caterer who has been untraceable since Monday, suspect that his disappearance was part of a ruse to make away with his customers’ hard-earned money. The relatives and friends of the businessman are under the scanner as the cops believe that Rathod—who left scores of clients in the lurch amid the wedding season—is secretly in touch with them.
After mid-day reported on the matter on December 13, many families came forward to reveal how Rathod had been paid lakhs of rupees to cater for their weddings but disappeared without a trace, driving them to despair. Some families told mid-day that they were arranging for new caterers, who were charging them exorbitantly.