The
Delhi
Police's
Economic
Offences
Wing
has
registered
an
FIR
against
Haryanvi
singer
Sapna
Choudhary
and
others
on
charges
of
alleged
misappropriation
of
funds,
cheating
and
criminal
conspiracy,
officials
said
on
Thursday.
The
FIR
was
registered
against
them
on
Wednesday
as
per
a
complaint
by
Pawan
Chawla,
the
director
of
P&M
Movies
Pvt.
Ltd,
a
firm
engaged
in
the
business
of
celebrity
management
and
events,
they
said.
According
to
the
FIR,
Choudhary
approached
Chawla
in
March
2018
through
a
common
friend
after
her
exit
from
a
popular
reality
show
and
showed
a
keen
interest
to
work
with
the
firm
to
get
financial
stability.
After
several
discussions,
an
artist-management
agreement
was
executed
between
Chawla
and
Choudhary
in
2018.
As
per
the
terms
and
conditions,
she
was
not
allowed
to
work
with
or
join
any
other
company
or
have
contact
with
any
clients
of
the
complainant.
In
May
2018,
Choudhary
and
her
mother
approached
Chawla
for
Rs
50
lakh
citing
an
emergency,
following
which
two
cheques
of
Rs
25
lakh
each
was
given
to
her,
the
FIR
stated.
In
August,
she
returned
a
cheque
of
Rs
10
lakh
to
Chawla
and
by
September,
she
gave
him
back
Rs
3
lakh.
She
then
took
Rs
1.5
lakh
from
him
by
November
and
this
way,
she
took
an
amount
of
Rs
38.5
lakh
in
total
from
Chawla,
it
said.
She
collected
money
from
the
complainant
on
several
occasions
citing
various
emergencies,
police
said.
On
the
pretext
of
purchasing
a
new
house,
Choudhary
also
got
loans
arranged
from
Chawla
but
did
not
pay
the
remaining
amount
despite
several
promises,
the
complainant
alleged.
In
January
2020,
another
artist-management
agreement
was
executed
between
Choudhary
and
Chawla
during
which
she
had
tally
entire
loan
accounts
rendered
by
the
complainant
and
their
associates
and
confirmed
that
Rs
3.5
crore
loan
amount
was
pending
from
her
side,
the
FIR
said.
Later,
in
March
2020,
Chawla
alleged
that
he
got
to
know
that
Choudhary
had
opened
a
branch
office
of
his
company
in
Gurgoan
and
had
also
involved
one
of
his
employees
in
her
venture.
"The
accused
persons
have
committed
breach
of
trust
and
misappropriated
huge
amount
collected
by
organising
several
events
clandestinely.
The
intention
of
the
accused
was
to
extract
money
by
way
of
loan
extended
to
over
Rs
3.5
crore
on
the
pretext
of
emergent
need
for
purchase
of
house
and
other
emergencies,"
the
FIR
stated.
In
September
2018,
at
the
time
of
approaching
Chawla
for
Rs
1
crore
loan
for
purchase
of
a
new
house,
the
accused
had
induced
that
if
she
will
not
refund
the
loan
amount,
she
will
surely
execute
the
sale
deed
of
flat
in
Gurgoan
in
his
favour,
and
on
the
said
assurance,
the
huge
amount
was
disbursed
to
the
accused,
it
added.
The
complainant
has
also
alleged
that
he
was
intimidated
by
the
accused
when
he
asked
her
to
abide
by
the
terms
and
conditions
of
the
agreement
executed
between
the
two
parties
on
January
30
last
year
and
clear
the
outstanding
loan
amount.
A
case
has
been
registered
against
the
accused
and
an
investigation
is
underway,
a
senior
police
officer
said.