<p>Thrissur: A case has been registered against Malayalam film director Major Ravi for allegedly duping a financial firm to the tune of over Rs 12 lakh by falsely promising them to provide security services.</p>.<p>Irinjalakuda police on Friday registered a case against the <em>Keerthichakra</em> filmmaker based on the direction of a Judicial First Class Magistrate there.</p>.<p>The complainant financial firm recently approached the court seeking action against the accused following which the court directed the investigators to launch a probe into the charges.</p>.Shirur landslide: Search ops gain momentum.<p>According to police, Ravi and a co-accused had approached the financial firm claiming that they were director board members of a private security group "Thunder Force Ltd" and promised them to provide security and collect details of those individuals and establishments who fail to repay the loan installments.</p>.<p>They also allegedly accepted Rs 12, 48,000 from the complaint for the proposed services.</p>.<p>However, the accused neither provided the service nor returned the money, they said.</p>.<p>Major Ravi and the co-accused were booked under relevant sections of cheating.</p>.<p>Major Ravi, who has helmed a handful of movies including those starring Mohanlal and Mammootty after retiring from Indian Army, is yet to react to the registration of the case. </p>
<p>Thrissur: A case has been registered against Malayalam film director Major Ravi for allegedly duping a financial firm to the tune of over Rs 12 lakh by falsely promising them to provide security services.</p>.<p>Irinjalakuda police on Friday registered a case against the <em>Keerthichakra</em> filmmaker based on the direction of a Judicial First Class Magistrate there.</p>.<p>The complainant financial firm recently approached the court seeking action against the accused following which the court directed the investigators to launch a probe into the charges.</p>.Shirur landslide: Search ops gain momentum.<p>According to police, Ravi and a co-accused had approached the financial firm claiming that they were director board members of a private security group "Thunder Force Ltd" and promised them to provide security and collect details of those individuals and establishments who fail to repay the loan installments.</p>.<p>They also allegedly accepted Rs 12, 48,000 from the complaint for the proposed services.</p>.<p>However, the accused neither provided the service nor returned the money, they said.</p>.<p>Major Ravi and the co-accused were booked under relevant sections of cheating.</p>.<p>Major Ravi, who has helmed a handful of movies including those starring Mohanlal and Mammootty after retiring from Indian Army, is yet to react to the registration of the case. </p>