A shocking update is coming in from the Indian entertainment industry ladies and gentlemen. When it comes to the Indian entertainment industry, it is no hidden secret that there have been many situations in the past where Producers have been in legal trouble for alleged wrongdoings. While some have been framed and were put in troublesome situations, the others were genuinely guilty of doing something wrong or the other. Well, the latest update is about Indian Producer Akshat Raj Saluja. He was reportedly associated as a producer for movies like Rashtra Kavach: OM and ‘Dream Girl’.
As per the latest media reports in Bollywood Hungama, the matter came into limelight when when a producer naamed Maan Singh filed a complaint. He reportedly met one Rajat Kumar Mourya who claimed that he’ll help him sell his project on OTT platforms. He also mentioned that he’ll charge as remuneration Rs. 10 lakhs per film sale on digital. Maan Singh agreed after Rajat showed him certificates, purportedly from OTT platforms, of the films that he helped release. Way back in January 2021, he showed Maan Singh a letter of intent from Panorama Studios and claimed that the studio, known for making films like Drishyam, Pyaar Ka Punchnama, and Raid etc. is interested to purchase his film for Rs. 4 crores.
This prompted Maan Singh to begin work on his film, titled MD Platinum. Rajat Kumar Mourya, from hereon, took Rs. 2.50 lakhs as a token amount and later Rs. 1.50 lakhs, citing that he needed to pay the amount to an official of Panorama Studios. Under previous pretexts, Rajat kept usurping money from Maan. The producer ended up paying Rs. 48 lakhs after which he realized he was conned. the police arrested Rajat Kumar Mourya. Soon, one Sanjay Saha was also held for their involvement. And finally, Akshat Raj Saluja, too, got arrested for cheating, forgery, and breach of trust under the Indian Penal Code as well as under the Information Technology Act. The police revealed that Saluja was paid Rs. 7.50 lakh of Rs 48 lakh extracted from Singh. He was produced before the Borivali court, which remanded him to custody.
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