Vadodara: A resident of Subhanpura has been duped of lakhs by two persons who promised to get her daughter a role in Bollywood films.
Victim Premlata Sharma registered a complaint against the accused at Gorwa police station on Thursday night.
Sharma told police she had come in touch with one of the accused, Bhumi Pathak some months ago.
Pathak, who is a make-up artist, told Sharma that she can get her 12-year-old daughter role in Hindi films. Pathak asked Sharma to bring her daughter for a beauty contest at a studio in the city.
Sharma was told that if her daughter gets selected, she will get a role in a serial. Pathak then demanded Rs 50,000 from Sharma for getting a role for her daughter in a Hindi movie. Sharma transferred Rs 49,000 to Pathak but nothing happened later. Sharma then went to Mumbai where Pathak introduced her to another Subodh Kumar who claimed to be a serials director.
Kumar took Rs 3 lakh from Sharma for giving a break to her daughter. But when Sharma’s daughter didn’t get any role, she filed a complaint of cheating worth Rs 3.52 lakh at Gorwa police station.