Film producer Vipul Shah and his partner duped of Rs 5 cr
| Date :26-Oct-2019 |
Staff Reporter :
EoW arrests one accused from Nagpur FILM Director and producer Vipul Shah and his partnerin the film production company were duped by fraudsters tothe tune of Rs five crore. The fruadsters assured investment of Rs 100 crore in their up coming movies and told him that they were making money through old coins of British era, saying that the coinmintedfrom Iridium, a precious metal, had some supernatural powers. Shah is a producer of many Hindi blockbusters including Singh Is King, Commando, Holiday, Force and many others.
The accused have been identified as Rajsingh alias Rajeshkumar Tarkeshwarsingh, a resident of Jharkhand; Builder Keshav D Padole, a resident of Nirmal Puja Building, Shivaji Nagar and R Krishnakumar, a resident of Chennai. Vipul Shah and his partner Vinit Ram lal prasad Singh (41), a resident of Flat No. 802, Bramhasan City, Building No.6,Wadgaon,Punelodged a complaint with EoW this month. The accused met Shah and Singh at Nagpur in thier office and promised investment in their upcoming movies.
Padole posed himself as Chairman of Builder Association of India and told the victims that he had license of providing super antique articles to Government while Rajesh Kumar Singh identified himself as senior officer in defence. Revealing their business model, the accused told Shah that they were searching for British era coins and super antique materials containing iridium contents which have supernatural powers.They also claimed the victims that they were making hundreds of crore through the business. When Shah and Singh agreed to work with them, the accused asked them that they would have to come with them anywhere in the country to get the coins.
In the search of iridium, the fraudsters took Shah and Singh at Nagpur, Bhuwneshwar, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Hubali, Khamgaon, Mhau, Ghosi, Gorakhpur, Orissa, Chennai, Kathmandu, Banaras and other place between 2010 and 2017. The victims had spent more than Rs five crore for the trips. After realising the fraud, Shah and Singh approached the police and lodged a complaint. An offence under Sections 420, 419, 406, 465, 467, 468, 471, 472, 120 (b) of Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused at Ambazari police station. API Rajendra Patil is investig a tin the case.