Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, his wife held for cheating doctor of Rs 30 crore

The Udaipur police on Sunday arrested popular filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and his wife from Mumbai in a Rs 30 crore cheating case registered in Rajasthan, an official said. Bhatt, his wife Shwetambari Bhatt and six others are accused of defrauding Udaipur-based Dr Ajay Murdia, founder of Indira Group of Companies, of Rs 30 crore. Two persons have been arrested in the case earlier, he said. A team of Udaipur Police arrested Bhatt and Shwetambari on Sunday.

“Murdia, owner of Indira IVF Hospital, wanted to make a biopic on his late wife. He has alleged that he was promised earnings of Rs 200 crore. But nothing materialised, after which Murdia approached the Bhopalpura police station in Udaipur, where an FIR was registered for cheating and other offences,” the official said.

The police, later in the evening, secured transit remand of Bhatt and his wife till December 9.