Ranbir and Farhan are accused of promoting an online shopping site which 'duped' customers
Lucknow:
An FIR has been registered against Bollywood actors Farhan Akhtar and Ranbir Kapoor for criminal breach of trust and forgery for promoting an online shopping site which is allegedly 'duping' customers. (Also Read: Ranbir Kapoor 'Hurt' by Films Flopping, Says Katrina Kaif)
The FIR has been registered by a lawyer Rajat Bansal, a resident of Keshav Nagar area in Madiyaon police station, about 10 km from here, against Farhan and Ranbir under IPC sections 406 (forgery) and 420 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) on September 19, police said.
An FIR under the same sections has been lodged against directors of online portal askmebazaar.com - Sanjiv Gupta, Anand Sonbhadra, Piyush Pankaj, Kiran Kumar Sriniwas Murti and marketing officer Puja Goyal.
Mr Bansal in his FIR alleged that he had ordered a 40-inch LED TV from the site on August 23 and had paid Rs 29,999 for the same through his debit card, but he did not get the product within 10 days, as promised.
He alleged that because Farhan and Ranbir promoted the site, people' fell in the trap' of the site.
Police is probing the matter. The officials of the portal could not be contacted.
The FIR has been registered by a lawyer Rajat Bansal, a resident of Keshav Nagar area in Madiyaon police station, about 10 km from here, against Farhan and Ranbir under IPC sections 406 (forgery) and 420 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) on September 19, police said.
An FIR under the same sections has been lodged against directors of online portal askmebazaar.com - Sanjiv Gupta, Anand Sonbhadra, Piyush Pankaj, Kiran Kumar Sriniwas Murti and marketing officer Puja Goyal.
Mr Bansal in his FIR alleged that he had ordered a 40-inch LED TV from the site on August 23 and had paid Rs 29,999 for the same through his debit card, but he did not get the product within 10 days, as promised.
He alleged that because Farhan and Ranbir promoted the site, people' fell in the trap' of the site.
Police is probing the matter. The officials of the portal could not be contacted.
