FIR filed against actress Shilpa Shetty and husband Raj Kundra

FIR has been registered in Bhiwandi police station against Shetty and Kundra under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of IPC.

A FIR was registered on Thursday against Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra in connection with a cheating case in Thane's Bhiwandi police station for allegedly duping a textile firm owner of Rs 24 lakhs..

The case was filed on a complaint of a textile unit owner in Bhiwandi who alleged that the couple collected the amount on his behalf but did not pay him, police official said.

"Big Deals, a company in which Shetty and Kundra are directors, collected money from customers for sale of bedsheets on behalf of Malotia Textiles through TV ads, but did not (allegedly) pay Malotia Textiles the proceeds," the official said.

A tussle is brewing between Best Deal TV , the home shopping channel owned by celebrity couple Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra, and its vendors, as they alleged that the company has defaulted on payments since the beginning of this year.

Reports say that the company was not meeting payments to vendors even before the demonetisation drive was announced on 8 November 2016. Vendors have claimed that they are owed dues running back several months, which have not been cleared despite repeated requests.

OneIndia News (with PTI inputs)