UP man duped of ₹1 cr for making film on PM
Updated: Apr 11th, 2024
Source: IANS |
The owner of an entertainment company here has lodged an FIR saying that he has been duped of ₹1 crore by a group who promised to make a film based on PM Narendra Modi.
The victim Hemant Kumar Rai lodged a case in the PGI police station area of the state capital on Apr 10.
Those named in the case include Sanjay Singh of Hazratganj, Sikander Khan and Shabbir Qureshi, both of Ahmedabad.
In his complaint, Rai said he runs a company engaged in shooting songs to be posted on YouTube.
In Sept 2023, Sanjay Singh introduced Hemant Kumar Rai to Sikander and Qureshi at a hotel in Mumbai. Singh told Rai that they had obtained NOCs from all departments and had to secure an NOC from the PMO.
“Only 10 days of shooting are left for the completion of the film. The film production needed ₹1 crore,” Singh told Rai.
He asked Rai to invest the money. “I was promised a profit of 25%. I gave the money in installments and through RTGS in Qureshi’s bank account and we also signed a contract on which the dealing with profit sharing was mentioned,” he said.
Rai said Singh and the others did not work further and the film production was halted.
“In Jan 2024, they signed a contract promising to refund my ₹1 crore if they failed to secure an NOC from the PMO. Qureshi gave me post dated cheques worth ₹20 lakh (two cheques) and ₹30 lakh (two cheques). However, the cheques were dishonoured when I deposited them for encashment,” Rai alleged.
“Sanjay had defrauded me of crores of rupees in the past in the name of a model and would threaten to frame me in cases on demanding the money. They also use blackmail tactics,” he alleged.
SHO PGI, B.C. Tiwari said that an FIR under the charges of IPC 420 (cheating) has been registered and a probe is being conducted in the case.
(Source: IANS)
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