This Article is From Nov 05, 2014

Media Consultant Arrested For "Cheating" Actress Sana Khan

Media Consultant Arrested For 'Cheating' Actress Sana Khan

The development comes a week after Sana and two others were apprehended on a separate complaint filed by the media consultant.

Mumbai:

A media consultant was arrested from a posh hotel in Mumbai on charges of cheating Bollywood actress Sana Khan of Rs 9 lakh. Acting on a complaint filed by Sana, the consultant, Poonam Khanna, was put under arrest after her statement was recorded, police said.

The development comes a week after Sana and two others were apprehended on a separate complaint filed by the 42-year-old media consultant. The trio, booked on criminal intimidation and other charges, was later granted bail.

"Poonam Khanna was picked up from a posh hotel in suburbs and her statement was recorded at length before she was placed under arrest. Poonam would be produced before a court tomorrow," Subhash Wele, Senior Inspector with Oshiwara Police Station, said.

According to the police, a few months ago Poonam took Rs 9 lakh from Khan with the promise of getting her two shanties in a slum, a prospective redevelopment site, and a SRA (a Government-promoted scheme) flat in suburban Goregaon. She, however, did not keep her word.

When the actress asked her to return the money, the latter refused and threatened to "destroy" her career if she persisted with the demand, they said. Subsequently, Sana, who has appeared in Salman Khan's Jai Ho and was also a part of the reality TV show Bigg Boss in 2012, approached Oshiwara Police and lodged an FIR against Poonam on last Saturday.

She was booked on charges of cheating, criminal breach of trust and for issuing threats. On October 29, Sana, her boyfriend Ismail Khan and their servant Ramu Kanojia were arrested under IPC Sections 354 (assault with intent to outrage modesty), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) on Poonam's complaint.

The trio had an altercation with Poonam, who they suspected, had leaked some information to the media which led to publication of an article against the 27-year-old actress.

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