Kannada actor Sanjjanaa Galrani is among many investors said to be duped by Prasiddhi Chit Funds Pvt Ltd in Malleswaram.
The company is accused of duping investors of Rs 1.3 crore. Sanjjanaa alone is said to have been cheated of Rs 28 lakh. Based on her complaint, the Malleswaram police registered an FIR against the owner of the chit fund on Saturday. Police believe the amount could go up.
Sanjjanaa stated that she had been investing a sum every month in the chit fund for the past several years. The company's staff stopped collecting the money in June. The actor sent her staff to make enquiries and was shocked to learn that the company's office was locked and that its owner, identified as Mahesh, was missing. Numerous other people, too, have lost their hard-earned money, she said in the complaint.
A case of cheating has been registered.
DH News Service
Published 19 August 2017, 19:26 IST