CHANDIGARH: A city-based jeweller has accused Hindi film actor Salman Khan and his sister Alvira Khan Agnihotri as well as seven others of duping him of Rs 2 crore on the pretext of opening a jewellery showroom in Chandigarh.
On his complaint, UT sent notices to Salman and others and asked them to file their replies in 10 days. In his complaint, filed at SSP public window in May this year, Arun Gupta, owner of Modern jewellers, Manimajra alleged that he had opened a showroom of “Being Human Jewelery” in the NAC area of Manimajra at a cost of around Rs 3 crore at the behest of Salman.
The complainant alleged that now after opening the showroom, the company has not been sending goods from Delhi and the company website is also closed. On the complaint of Arun Gupta, UT police sent a notice to Salman and seven others.
The complainant also alleged that he had signed an agreement with Style Quintet Jewellery Pvt Ltd to open the showroom in the city. Gupta said in his complaint that Salman called him on the sets of a TV show and talked about opening a showroom in Chandigarh. The complainant has also provided the video clip to the UT police, in which salman can be heard naming him and talking about opening the showroom in Chandigarh.
