Tejasswi Prakash, Ankita Lokhande And Different TV Celebs Duped By AD Firm, FIR Filed In Chembur Police Station

In line with the grievance, a case has been registered towards 5 folks named Tanish Chheja, Manu Srivastava, Faisal Rafique, Abdul and Hrithik Panchal. Celebrities like Tejasswi Prakash, Ankita Lokhande, Aayush Sharma, and 22 others have been affected by the fraud.

In July 2024, Bhinder acquired a name from a person who claimed that he wanted 25 artists for an commercial of an vitality drink model. After the dialog, the accused despatched a receipt saying that he had despatched an advance cost of Rs 10 lakh. Nevertheless, no cash was transferred to the complainant’s account. Later, the accused requested Bhinder to convey the artists to a celebration in Dadar.

Bhinder adopted what he requested and introduced round 100 artists together with Arjun Bijlani, Abhishek Bajaj, Harsh Rajput and others, to the occasion. Out of these 100 celebs, 25 had been chosen for the commercial. His whole payout was fastened at Rs 1.32 crore. Later, Bhinder acquired an image of a cheque for Rs 15 lakh as an assurance, promising that the quantity could be credited to his account quickly. Believing this declare, Roshan went forward with the advert shoot, and the content material was uploaded on social media, with the settlement that every one funds could be made inside 35 days. All of the content material was additionally uploaded on the social media platforms of various celebrities. The vitality drink shot by social media influencers and actors is known as Sky 63.

Two cheques of Rs 2 lakh and Rs 90,000, respectively, got to the artists on the occasion held in Dadar, however they each bounced. On contacting the accused, Roshan was informed that Rs 22.5 lakhs had been transferred from Dubai as per the native foreign money alternate. Nevertheless, even after two days, no cash got here into his account.

Aside from this, cheques for Rs 6.5 lakh for actress Tejasswi Prakash and Rs 1.25 lakh for Adrija Roy had been additionally bounced. On October 18, 2024, the accused issued two extra cheques of Rs 35 lakh and Rs 45 lakh, promising to deposit the quantity inside two days. Counting on the promise, Bhinder paid an advance of Rs 35 lakh to actors Jay Bhanushali, Bhumika Gurung, Ankita Lokhande, Aayush Sharma, Sana Sultan, Kushal Tandon, Adrija Roy, Baseer Ali and Abhishek Bajaj. Nevertheless, the accused’s cheque of Rs 80 lakh additionally bounced, attributable to which Bhinder’s cheque additionally couldn’t be paid.

The listing of celebrities affected by the fraud

Ankita Lokhande

Aayush Sharma

Abhishek Bajaj

Adrija Roy

Baseer Ali

Niyati Fatnani

Paras Kalnawat

Samarth Jurel

Helly Shah

Kashish

Ankit Gupta

Mohit Malik

Vijayendra Kumeria

Jannat Zubair

Tejasswi Prakash

Karan Kundrra

Mickey Sharma

Ridhima Pandit

Jay Bhanushali

Kushal Tandan

Vibha Anand

Sana Sultan

Bhumika Gurang

Dhvani Pawar

Sana Makbul

In line with the complainant, Roshan Bhinder, a complete of Rs 1.32 crore was defrauded of artists and Rs 16.91 lakh from Roshan’s private funds. Following his grievance, a case has been registered towards 5 individuals, together with a resident of Madhya Pradesh, and the Mumbai Police is presently investigating the case.