TV Role Fraud: Delhi Police caught a gang of fake directors who cheated millions by pretending to get rolls in TV and OTT platforms. Two accused were arrested from Bangalore and bank passbooks, SIM cards and smartphones were recovered from them.
Tv serial acting scam delhi: Delhi Police has busted a gang cheating in the name of getting work on TV industry and OTT platforms. The gang used to work in ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ style and used to grab millions of rupees by showing people a dream of getting rolls on big platforms like Star Plus-Hotstar. The police have arrested two accused in this case, who had been spreading a fraud network for a long time.
How was it revealed?
A woman from Raghu Nagar in Dabri, Delhi lodged a complaint on the NCRP portal. He told that his minor daughter, who is a student of acting and modeling, promised to get a role in the serial of Star Plus and in lieu of Rs 24 lakh was taken. The girl saw a Facebook page on the internet, in which new faces were being searched. After clicking on the link, he got a WhatsApp number, where the person who described himself as the ex-contestant and director of ‘MTV Splitsvilla’ came to light. After this, he was asked to introduce big directors-producers like Rajhi Shahi and Cintaa HR head Anita. Gradually, crores were demanded from him and finally blocked him.
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How was the arrest of fake director-producer?
Delhi Police reached the accused through technical monitoring, digital footprint and money trail analysis. The accused used to stay in hotels in different cities Lucknow, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and cheat through WhatsApp. Repeated mobile numbers, bank accounts and location were changed and dodged the police. The accused were identified as Tarun Shekhar Sharma (Lucknow) and Asha Singh aka Bhavna (Nangloi, Delhi). Both were arrested by raiding in Bengaluru.
Network of luxury life and fraud
Both the accused lived in premium hotels across the country with the money cheated. 7 smartphones, 10 SIM cards, 8 ATM cards, 15 bank passbooks and checkbooks were recovered from them. So far, 15 bank accounts have been opened and more than 20 complaints were found to be registered on the NCRP portal. Both are also wanted in cases of UP, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir.
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