Indian actress duped into investing in Colombo casino business
An Indian actress has filed a Police complaint saying she
had been duped into investing in a Colombo casino business by her best friend.
Kannada film actor Sanjjanaa Galrani, an accused in a 2020
Sandalwood drug case, has filed a complaint against her ‘best friend’ and a
co-accused Rahul Tonse and two others of cheating her of returns from her
investments in his casino business in Colombo and Goa.
Sanjjanaa and Tonse were among those arrested by the city
police in the drug case in September last year. She was later released on bail.
Now, Sanjjanaa has alleged in her complaint that Tonse had
lured her into investing in his casino business, but had refused to pay her the
returns. She has also accused Tonse the prime accused of misusing the money
invested by her for “illegal activities” to make profits, while spreading
rumours to defame her.
A senior police officer said Sanjjanaa had approached the
court after she was cheated by her friends. Based on the court’s directions,
the Indiranagar police registered a case against Tonse, and the two others Ramakrishna and Rajeshwari, charging them under IPC Sections pertaining to
cheating and criminal intimidation.
Sanjjanaa has alleged that Tonse, in November 2018, had
claimed to be the managing director of the group of casinos while trying to
convince her to invest in the business and offered her big returns.
Sanjjanaa had invested in the business by transferring money
to Tonse’s account and also into those of his friends. Later, the accused
allegedly refused to share the returns despite her repeated requests. She said
she trusted Tonse as a ‘brother’ and even transferred money into the account of
Tonse’s parents, who too allegedly convinced her to invest in the business.
“It was my hard-earned money. That’s why I demand legal
action against them,” she reportedly told the court. The police officer said
they have sought phone call records and bank account details of the
transactions as part of the investigation, before taking any action against the
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