Vivek Oberoi has had an interesting career in Bollywood. He had one of the most talked about debuts in the industry in 2002 with Ram Gopal Varma‘s crime drama Company. The film was a major critical and commercial success and Vivek’s acting performance was praised by everyone. Despite the popular belief at that time, Vivek’s career took a nose dive afterward.
Currently, he is in the news for a legal reason. According to a media report, Vivek Oberoi and his wife Priyanka Alva are involved in a fraud case. On Wednesday, the couple’s accountant named Deven Bafna filed a complaint with the Mumbai police against at the MIDC police station three of the actor’s former business partners. In it, he has accused them of cheating Vivek of around 1.55 crore.
The three former partners are film financer and event organizers Sanjay Saha, his mother Nandita Saha, and Radhika Nanda. All of them are facing charges of fraud. In his statement, Deven said that an agreement was made between the three and Vivek in July 2020. However, Vivek later decided to transfer his shares to a different company he owned, Oberoi Mega Entertainment. This happened while Sanjay and Radhika were looking after the daily operations of the joint venture.
The Police Statement
In his police statement, Deven said: “The Oberois had floated a company named Oberoi Organics in 2017. Since it was not doing too well, they decided to first bring in the three accused as partners in the firm, then dissolve that business and convert it into an events business under the name of Anandita Entertainment.”
An official said that in April 2022 Vivek was informed about the mishandling of funds. Eventually, the actor found out that Sanjay was using the company’s fund for his personal benefits like paying off his mother’s life insurance premium. Both Sanjay and Nanda withdrew 58 lakhs from the company. After confronting his partners, Vivek realized that they had also cheated actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui for 51 lakh. Vivek returned the amount from his personal bank accounts. The police have booked the three accused under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 409 (dishonest misappropriation), and 420 (fraud) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code).
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