The Supreme Court on Monday granted protection from arrest to actor Shreyas Talpade in a case linked to an alleged financial scam involving a Haryana based cooperative society accused of defrauding investors.
A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan issued notice to Haryana Police and others on the actor’s plea.
What is the case
Additional Commissioner of Police, Murthal, Sonipat, Ajeet Singh said the complaint was against a multi-marketing company under investigated.
It is alleged that Talpade promoted the co-operative society as its brand ambassador and that his endorsement induced members of the public to invest in the society’s financial schemes.
“It has been alleged that they were its brand ambassadors and victims get lured to invest because of such personalities. They were named in the complaint. An FIR has been registered. Now, it will be investigated what was their role,” said the ACP.
Thirteen people, including actors and brand ambassadors Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath, were booked on the complaint of 37-year-old Sonipat resident Vipul Antil.
Antil alleged both the actors “promoted the Human Welfare Credit Cooperative Society Ltd, as brand ambassadors”.