Dehradun: In the name of making a web series in Uttarakhand, an accused from Mumbai defrauded a production company of Dehradun worth crores of rupees, sources said. Based on the complaint of the victim, the police is investigating the case by registering a FIR against the Mumbai resident accused in Nehru Colony police station under various sections including fraud.
A police official said that the complainant identified as Tarun Singh Rawat, partner of JSR Production, a company located near Bengali Kothi, filed a complaint that his company has recorded many films, songs and web series in Uttarakhand as well as in the country and abroad. Rawat said that in November 2021, his partner Jai Shaikh introduced him to the accused Chandrakant Singh, resident of Pramukh Heights, Beera Desai Road, Andheri West, Mumbai.
Tarun Singh is also the operator of JSR Hotel on Haridwar Bypass Road where Chandrakant Singh was introduced to Rawat, the latter said said. He said that Chandrakant Singh described himself as a big director in the film industry and claimed to have made films with many producers. Rawat said that Chandrakant Singh met him in January 2023 and tricked him into making a web series named 'Fashion Street' in Uttarakhand under his production house. Rawat said that the accused lured him on the promise of subsidy on film recording.