Vikram Bhatt, wife sent to judicial custody: What is the ₹30 crore fraud case?

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Bollywood film producer Vikram Bhatt and his wife Shwetambari Soni are at the center of an alleged ₹30 crore fraud case. As per the latest updates, the couple was sent to judicial custody after a Udaipur court on Tuesday refused to grant interim bail to the husband and wife on medical grounds.

On December 9, Bhatt and his wife were sent to seven-day police custody by a court in a fraud case. However, the court rejected his plea after his lawyer requested him to grant interim bail on medical grounds.

Speaking to ANI, lawyer Manzoor Hussain told that if the court grants bail before the session ends, the couple can be released temporarily to undergo necessary medical treatment.

Hussain said, “The counsel for the accused submitted an application for interim bail, requesting that it be granted on medical grounds… If interim bail is granted before the end of the court session, both the persons can be released for a short period of time to receive medical treatment… Everything depends on the court order.”

However, later DSP Suryaveer Singh said that the court has ordered to keep both of them in judicial custody. He said, “The court has ordered to keep him in judicial custody. Now he will be sent to Udaipur Central Jail.”

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Case of alleged fraud of ₹30 crore

The couple were arrested in Mumbai on December 7 and taken by police to Udaipur, where they were produced in a court the next day. On 9 December, he was sent to police custody for seven days. Vikram, his wife and six others are accused of defrauding Dr Ajay Murdia, founder of Indira Group of Companies, to the tune of ₹30 crore.

“Murdia, the owner of Indira IVF Hospital, wanted to make a biopic on his late wife. He has alleged that he was promised earnings of ₹200 crore. But nothing happened, following which Murdia approached Bhopalpura police station in Udaipur, where an FIR was lodged for fraud and other crimes,” an official told PTI.

Earlier on November 17, an FIR was registered against the pair accusing them of cheating in the name of making the biography of a doctor from Rajasthan. The doctor also told the police that fake documents were used in the deal. Udaipur Police later confirmed the presence of fake documents, bills and vendors during their investigation.

Bhatt later rejected the allegations and said that the police were being misled.

“So, I neither have any letter, nor any notice, nor anything. And they say that in the greed of ₹200 crore, I committed a scam of ₹30 crore. I have read in the FIR, they have written that they are not from this industry, and they do not know the working of the industry. So, I want to ask: If this is the case, then why did they leave me and start so many films?” He added.

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