Wajid Sabir Shaikh, the owner of a Jogeshwari-based exotic pet shop, has accused Rakhee Jadhav, a former corporator belonging to the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar, of failing to pay him Rs 2 lakh for an ostrich and other birds displayed at a Van Mahotsav event in Ghatkopar East in July.

Shaikh, 28, alleged in a written complaint to the Goregaon police that Jadhav organised the event to gain political mileage but he is yet to be paid.