Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Tribune news service

Chandigarh, November 15

A local court has issued notices to the Chandigarh Police for submitting status report on the complaint of a Mani Majra-based businessman Arun Gupta, which was filed against actor Salman Khan, his sister Alvira Khan and others. The notice has been issued for December 15.

Arun Gupta filed complaint through counsel Rajwinder Singh Rajput under Section 156 (3) of the CrPc for demanding that the court issued directions to the Chandigarh Police for registration of an FIR against them for alleged cheating and fraud.

In the plea filed before the court, Arun Gupta alleged that the Chandigarh Police was not taking action on his complaint filed against Style Quotient Jewellery Private Limited, Parsad Bindu Madhav, Santosh Srivastava, Being Human Foundation, Actor Salman Khan and his sister Alvira Khan.

Gupta said he had opened a showroom of “Being Human Jewellery” at the Mani Majra NAC. As per the agreement with Style Quotient Private Limited, Mumbai, which had partnered with Being Human, Gupta was to display the company’s jewellery at his showroom with its assistance. Gupta alleged that Being Human was a trust owned and set up by the actor. Gupta claimed that he was told that Salman would be promoting his showroom on the reality show Big Boss and was assured that the actor would inaugurate the premises. He spent Rs50 lakh on renovation of the showroom and another Rs1 crore on buying stock, Gupta added. But instead of Salman, his brother-in-law Ayush Sharma came for the inauguration in November 2018 and the showroom from where he was asked to collect the stock had been lying locked since February 2020, said Gupta. Due to this he suffered huge financial losses, Gupta added.

The actor and Style Quotient Private Limited CEO, along with other officials, defrauded him and he filed a written complaint before the Economic Offences Wing of the Chandigarh Police on April, 12, 2021, for the registration of an FIR for cheating, said Gupta.

He alleged that though he filed complaint months ago, but the police failed to act and nothing happened, Gupta added.