An FIR was registered against Karan Singh, the producer of Hindi film So Long Valley, for allegedly cheating model Ruchi Gujjar of Rs 23 lakh, a Mumbai police official said on Saturday. Viral videos showed Ruchi purportedly slapping Karan during the movie premiere event held on Friday night. The film’s co-producer Man Singh, however, accused the model of staging a “publicity stunt.”
In videos gone viral on social media, Ruchi is seen staging protest at the So Long Valley premiere in Mumbai, along with a few associates. They’re heard shouting slogans. After losing her cool, the model is even seen smacking Karan with her sandal.
An Oshiwara police station official confirmed that an FIR was registered against Karan Singh on Thursday under various sections for cheating on a complaint lodged by Ruchi Gujjar. The model alleged that Karan had taken money from her under the pretext of launching a movie project for a television channel, and promised her a share in the profit and on-screen credit, the official said. “The complainant said the project never materialized and Singh didn’t return her money,” he added.
The police have registered a case under sections 318(4), 352, and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
So Long Valley is a Hindi-language crime thriller film starring Tridha Choudhury and Vikram Kochhar.
Meanwhile, the film’s director and co-producer Man Singh said that Ruchi Gujjar was resorting to a “publicity stunt”.
In a statement, Man claimed that Ruchi tried to get a stay on the film’s release, but the court allowed them to go ahead as per its schedule. “Model Ruchi Gujjar and Karan Singh know each other very well. If she paid some amount to Karan for our movie, she should provide the evidence. It’s a publicity stunt, nothing else,” he added.
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As per an India Today report, Ruchi Gujjar alleged in her complaint that she transferred several amounts worth a combined sum of Rs 24 lakh from her company, SR Event and Entertainment, into accounts linked to Karan Singh’s K Studios. However, the project they planned never saw the light of day. “Despite repeated contacts, he kept postponing them and lied,” the actor said in her complaint.
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She also claimed the funds sent by her to Karan’s accounts were instead invested in the production of So Long Valley. “When I got the information that the film is releasing on July 27, I told him to return my money now, on which he started threatening me,” she alleged. She’s also provided her call logs and details of the financial transactions as part of the supporting evidence to her complaint.
Ruchi Gujjar is a Haryanvi model who grabbed eyeballs earlier this year when she wore a necklace consisting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s face to the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival in France.
