A
cheating
case
has
been
registered
against
filmmaker
Ram
Gopal
Varma
by
police
here
for
allegedly
cheating
a
proprietor
of
a
production
house
after
"borrowing" Rs
56
lakh
from
him.
Based
on
a
court
referred
complaint
from
the
proprietor,
a
case
was
booked
against
Varma
under
relevant
IPC
sections
at
Miyapur
police
station,
police
said.
According
to
the
complainant,
Varma
borrowed
the
amount
from
him
for
producing
a
Telugu
movie
'Disha'
in
2020
but
later
cheated
him.
The
complainant
said
he
got
acquainted
with
Varma
through
a
common
friend
in
2019.
He
alleged
that
in
the
first
week
of
January
2020,
Varma
took
Rs
8
lakh
from
him
for
his
film
production.
After
that
Varma
again
requested
him
to
lend
Rs
20
lakh
which
was
given
as
loan
through
cheque
on
January
22,
2020
and
at
that
time
Varma
promised
to
repay
the
amount
within
six
months,
the
complainant
said.
Later
in
second
week
of
February
2020,
Varma
citing
financial
exigencies
in
his
film
production
sought
another
Rs
28
lakh,
the
complainant
said.
"Believing
his
representation,
Rs
28
lakh
was
transferred
to
Varma
and
at
that
time
he
agreed
to
repay
entire
amount
of
Rs
56
lakh
on
or
before
the
release
of
the
movie
'Disha'," the
complainant
alleged.
However,
in
January
2021,
the
complainant
said
he
came
to
know
that
Varma
was
not
the
producer
of
the
movie
'Disha'
and
alleged
that
he
was
cheated
of
the
amount
by
false
inducements
by
Varma.