Shreyas Talpade, Alok Nath among 22 booked for investment fraud in UP's Baghpat
Baghpat (PTI): An FIR has been registered here against 22 people, including Bollywood actors Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath, in connection with a fake finance company duping hundreds of investors by promising to double their money within a year, officials said on Saturday.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Praveen Singh Chauhan said the company, Urban State Credit Cooperative Society Limited, based in Loni, operated investment schemes through agents in several districts of western Uttar Pradesh, including Baghpat, Meerut, and Ghaziabad.
According to Chauhan, the company used well-known film personalities to promote its schemes.
"Shreyas Talpade was projected as the promoter, while Alok Nath was introduced as the brand ambassador to help the company gain people's trust," the officer said.
Over 500 investors reportedly deposited lakhs of rupees in the scheme. However, after a year, when investors sought to withdraw their funds, the company's office was found locked, and its officials missing, police said.
A complainant, Babli from Baghpat, alleged that the company even forged signatures on documents to misappropriate deposits.
Following multiple complaints, police registered a case under sections related to cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy.
Chauhan said an investigation is underway to identify all the accused, examine their bank accounts, and verify the extent of involvement of the celebrities whose names and images were used for the company's promotion.
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PM Modi should scrap “anti-farmer” trade deal with US, says Rahul Gandhi
Bhopal (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should scrap the Indo-US trade deal, which he described as being against the interests of Indian farmers.
“After the US Supreme Court ruling on the trade deal, I challenge PM Modi to scrap it,” Gandhi said, addressing the ‘Kisan Mahachaupal’ farmers rally in Bhopal.
“The Indo-US trade deal is against the interests of our farmers, and done by PM Modi under pressure,” the Congress leader said.
Gandhi said he was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha after the President’s address.
On former army chief Gen Naravane’s memoir, Gandhi said the decision to go to war is a political decision, and not a military one.
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