Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt was arrested by Udaipur police in Mumbai on Sunday in connection with a Rs 30 crore IVF cheating case filed in Rajasthan. According to Mumbai police officials, Rajasthan police will apply for transit remand for Vikram Bhatt in Bandra court on Monday.
Moreover, Vikram Bhatt, his wife Shwetambari Bhatt and six others have been accused of defrauding Udaipur-based Dr Ajay Murdia, founder of Indira Group of Companies, of Rs 30 crore. Two other people have already been arrested earlier in the same case.
"Director and filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and his wife have been detained in Mumbai by the Rajasthan Police in connection with the IVF fraud case. The Rajasthan Police are now seeking transit remand from the court to take them to Udaipur. The police will likely bring Vikram Bhatt and his wife to Udaipur tomorrow: Udaipur SP Yogesh Goyal to ANI," reads ANI's X post.
According to officials, "Murdia, owner of Indira IVF Hospital, wanted to make a biopic on his late wife. He has alleged that he was promised earnings of Rs 200 crore. But nothing materialised, after which Murdia approached Bhopalpura police station in Udaipur, where an FIR was registered for cheating and other offences."
According to the police, Dr. Ajay Murdia, son of the late Dr Ajay Murdia and a resident of the area near Govindpura MB College, filed a complaint against film director Vikram Praveen Bhatt and his wife, Shwetambari Bhatt, who live in Andheri West, Mumbai.
(With PTI Inputs)
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