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The Udaipur constabulary connected Sunday (December 7, 2025) arrested fashionable filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and his woman from Mumbai successful a ₹30 crore cheating lawsuit registered successful Rajasthan, an authoritative said.
Mr. Bhatt, his woman Shwetambari Bhatt, and six others are accused of defrauding Udaipur-based Dr. Ajay Murdia, laminitis of Indira Group of Companies, of ₹30 crore, the authoritative added. Two radical person been arrested successful the lawsuit earlier, helium said.
A squad of Udaipur Police, which is probing the case, apprehended Vikram Bhatt and Shwetambari connected Sunday (December 7, 2025), helium said.
“Murdia, proprietor of Indira IVF Hospital, wanted to marque a biopic connected his precocious wife. He has alleged that helium was promised net of ₹200 crore. But thing materialised, aft which Murdia approached Bhopalpura constabulary presumption successful Udaipur, wherever an FIR was registered for cheating and different offences,” the authoritative said.
Udaipur police, aboriginal successful the evening, secured transit remand of Mr. Bhatt and his woman till December 9.
The couple’s lawyers-Rakesh Singh and Sanjay Singh-claimed Rajasthan constabulary had high-handedly arrested the duo without due permission. They claimed the mates was threatened and forced to motion a papers without day and time.
Murdia, who operates a concern crossed India successful the tract of pistillate infertility, has alleged the filmmaker, on with different accused, duped him by inducements and mendacious assurances of immense profits from movie production.
Police’s preliminary investigations uncover Dr. Murdia was introduced to the accused by an acquaintance with a connection to nutrient a biopic connected his precocious wife.
After that, an statement was prepared successful May 2024 betwixt Murdia and the Bhatts to nutrient a full of 4 films, including the biopic, constabulary said. The full woody was valued astatine ₹47 crore. While the archetypal 2 projects were reportedly completed, the remaining films were ne'er made, constabulary said.
The probe by Udaipur constabulary has recovered that the accused prepared fake documents (bills of fake vendors) with the volition of cheating and defrauding the complainant of crores of rupees.
A program was prepared by the accused persons to deceive the complainant, receiving funds by preparing fake bills (in the sanction of fake vendors), preparing documents by greatly inflating vouchers and wage vouchers compared to reality, and verifying them arsenic true, constabulary said The accused allegedly siphoned disconnected astir ₹30 crore from Murdia.
After being produced successful court, Rajasthan constabulary sought transit remand for 2 days to transport the accused from Mumbai to Udaipur by roadworthy for further interrogation and ineligible proceedings.
The couple’s lawyers Rakesh Singh and Sanjay Singh told tribunal the grounds of apprehension were not decently communicated to the accused. The constabulary forced them to motion a papers without day and time, they claimed.
Police threatened that they would torture him successful Rajasthan if helium did not motion the papers arsenic per their wish, the defence claimed.
After proceeding some sides, the tribunal allowed transit remand till December 9.
