Television
actor
and
Chief
Operating
Officer
(COO)
of
Elder
Pharmaceuticals
Anuj
Saxena
has
been
arrested
by
the
city
Economic
Offence
Wing
(EOW)
for
allegedly
duping
investors
of
around
Rs
141
crore.
Apparently,
the
police
have
frozen
several
bank
accounts
of
the
firm
which
have
around
Rs
250
crore
in
it.
An
officer
was
quoted
by
TOI
as
saying,
"The
cheating
amount
in
the
FIR
is
around
Rs
8.5
crore.
However,
as
per
bank
records
investors
have
deposited
around
Rs
141
crore."
As
per
IE
report,
EOW
sought
the
Kkusum
actor's
custody
to
probe
his
role
as
COO
of
the
company,
but
he
denied
the
EOW's
plea
stating
that
he
is
a
medical
practitioner
and
has
a
company
that
manufactures
kits
and
sanitisers,
required
during
the
ongoing
pandemic.
Reacting
to
the
actor's
plea,
according
to
the
leading
daily,
Special
Judge
Abhijeet
Nandgaonkar
said,
"...entire
prevailing
circumstances
may
be
in
exclusive
knowledge
of
this
applicant/accused
holding
higher
post
in
the
company,
which
has
to
be
explored
by
the
investigating
officer
during
the
course
of
investigation...
Even
though
he
is
a
medical
practitioner
and
in
this
Covid-19
situation
is
manufacturing
kit,
sanitiser
etc.,
but
we
cannot
overlook
the
fraud
which
was
committed
by
duping
gullible
investors."
The
court
accepted
contention
of
the
EOW
that
Anuj
might
know
about
the
alleged
cheating
and
was
sent
to
the
EOW's
custody
till
Monday
(May
3).
Apparently,
Anuj's
father
Jagdish
Saxena's
demise
(who
owned
Elder
Pharmaceuticals
in
2013)
had
led
to
disputes
within
the
family
over
property
and
assets
left
behind
by
him.
Various
FIRs
were
filed
against
Anuj
and
his
elder
brother
over
non-payment
of
dues
to
creditors
and
investors.