The arrested suspect was recognized as 29-year-old Prince Kumar Sinha. (Representational)
Mumbai:
Mumbai’s Juhu Police Station has apprehended a person for making an attempt to deceive Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s manufacturing home underneath the guise of providing employment, in affiliation with a scheme to defraud social media influencer Pooja Anandani.
The arrested suspect, recognized as Prince Kumar Sinha, 29, allegedly made fraudulent overtures to Ms Anandani, however due to her fast pondering, she prevented turning into a sufferer.
Detailing the sequence of occasions, a Juhu Police officer revealed that the accused, initially contacted Ms Anandani, introducing himself as ’Rohan Mehra,’ purportedly an worker of Akshay Kumar’s manufacturing home, Cape of Good Movies.
Regardless of not being related to the manufacturing home, the accused enticed Ms Anandani with a job alternative, claiming to be concerned within the manufacturing of a movie primarily based on the Nirbhaya case, and invited her to fulfill in Juhu.
Their first encounter passed off at a neighborhood espresso store, the place he allegedly requested Ms Anandani to pose for pictures taken by a photographer claiming affiliation with Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan.
Subsequently, they organized to fulfill once more on the JW Marriott resort in Juhu, the place Ms Anandani had already knowledgeable the police of the state of affairs.
Promptly, officers intervened and arrested Prince on the prearranged assembly level.
In accordance with the data obtained from Juhu Police, on April 3, the accused, utilizing his cell phone, contacted Ms Anandani underneath the alias Rohan Mehra, falsely representing himself as a Cape of Good Movies worker.
Nonetheless, investigations revealed that no such particular person labored on the manufacturing home. Ms Anandani, upon discovering the deception, promptly notified the manufacturing home, confirming the fraudster’s deceit.
In response, Ms Anandani lodged a criticism with the close by Juhu Police Station, resulting in the registration of a case in opposition to the perpetrator and his subsequent arrest.
The incident underscores the prevalence of fraudulent actions within the leisure trade and highlights the significance of vigilance in opposition to such schemes.
The Juhu Police commend Ms Anandani’s astuteness, which thwarted a possible rip-off. Investigations into the matter are ongoing, with authorities urging people to train warning and confirm the legitimacy of provides earlier than committing to them.
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