Udaipur. The police team reached Udaipur at 9.30 pm on Monday night with film director Vikram Bhatt and wife Shwetambari, arrested in the case of fraud of Rs 30 crore from a Udaipur doctor in the name of making a film. Here, after getting down from the car, the accused husband and wife were seen covering their heads and hiding their faces under strict police guard. After which he was presented in the court on Tuesday. The court has sent filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and his wife Shwetambari on police remand for 7 days.
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The accused husband and wife, who had traveled for more than twelve hours, have been kept in the Deputy Office in Chitrakoot Nagar. Now both will be presented in the court on Tuesday morning. After returning to Udaipur, investigating officer Deputy Chhagan Rajpurohit said that the main accused Shwetambari and Vikram Bhatt have been arrested and brought to Udaipur through transit remand. Detailed inquiry is being conducted. Till now I had to go to Mumbai thrice to investigate the case and had to stay there for 10 days. The initial cooperation of Mumbai Police in the case was good, but it was disappointing at the last moment.
Police told the events of Mumbai
DSP Rajpurohit said that the Udaipur Police team was in Mumbai for 10 days regarding the arrest of Vikram Bhatt. Search was being conducted at his hideouts. His every activity was being monitored. When Vikram and Shwetambari went to arrest them, the security personnel stopped them and argued with the policemen, while the husband and wife were sitting inside and watching from the CCTV camera. Even the door of the flat was not opened for about half an hour. During this time the police team had to wait. When they started arresting both of them, they got into an argument with the police.
Mission kept secret from Mumbai Police
DSP said that the mission was kept secret when they went to Mumbai to arrest Vikram Bhatt. Mumbai Police was only told that they had come to arrest a wanted person named Vikram. There was a fear that if the details had been disclosed, it would have been difficult to arrest Vikram Bhatt. The Mumbai Police, unaware of the activities of the Udaipur Police, took little to no cooperation.
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This is the whole matter
On November 17, Dr. Ajay Murdia, founder of Indira IVF Group in Udaipur, had filed a case of fraud of Rs 30 crore against 8 people including Vikram Bhatt. Told that Dinesh Kataria of Udaipur introduced him to film director Vikram Bhatt in Mumbai on 24 April 2024, who took the responsibility of making the film. He also made his wife Shwetambari and daughter Krishna as partners through the firm. Made a contract of Rs 40 crore from Dr. Murdia. Then Vikram Bhatt lured him by saying that he would make 4 films for Rs. 47 crores and would get a profit of Rs. 100-200 crores. Investigation found that the vendors to whom payment was made were fake. The amount kept going into the accounts of Vikram and Shwetambari by showing fake bills.
This action till now
In this case, on November 18, Vikram Bhatt’s co-producer Mehboob Ansari and vendor Sandeep Vishwanath Tribhuvan were arrested from Mumbai itself. When presented in court, both were sent to jail. The Udaipur Police team has gone to Mumbai thrice in this case. Four named accused are still out of custody in the case, one of whom is Udaipur broker Dinesh Kataria.
Two movies released, two stuck
Vikram Bhatt and Shwetambari made and released only two films. Only 25% of the work on the third film titled Vishwa Virat could be completed. The shooting of the fourth film Maharana-Ran could not even start. In case of dispute, Vikram Bhatt and Shwetambari took possession of the film content and raw material and threatened to release it under some other name.
Four films were to be made for Rs 47 crores
Vikram and Shwetambari told Dr. Murdiya that if they give 7 crores more, they can make 4 films for 47 crores. The release of these films will generate profits of Rs 100 to 200 crores. A huge amount of transactions took place in the accounts of both their staff. Rs 42 crore 70 lakh 82 thousand 232 were paid from Indira Entertainment. Whereas it was decided to produce four films for Rs 47 crores.
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