Film producer faces arrest for fraud
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Kolkata: A Bengali film producer, who promoted Geraftar, may be arrested for the alleged embezzlement of funds to the tune of Rs 1.25 crore. Calcutta High Court heard Rasika Chatterjee’s anticipatory bail prayer on Monday and rejected it after government lawyers accused her of producing forged property deeds and obtaining a huge bank overdraft. According to a complaint lodged at Tollygunge police station on December 18, 2007, by the C R Avenue branch of Karnataka Bank, Rasika and her husband Indrajit Chatterjee — claiming to be proprietors of one M/s Amtek Universal — had mortgaged five flats on Syed Amir Ali Avenue. Investigation revealed that these properties had been mortgaged to other banks and the documents were forged. A part of the sum obtained in this manner was used to produce a film — Geraftar — said the lawyers appearing for the state. Police initiated a case against Jamir Lane resident Rasika under Sections 420, 120B and 407 of the IPC. The proprietor of M/s Karunamoyee Films moved the anticipatory bail plea before Justice D P Sengupta and Justice Kalidas Mukherjee. State counsels Pradip Roy and Pinaki Bhattacharjee opposed the move. They claimed that Rasika had used similar documents to procure loans from Canara Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of Baroda and Allahabad Bank
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