Actors Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath have been booked in a cheating and breach of trust case at Murthal police station in Haryana’s Sonipat district. The FIR, filed on January 22, names them among 13 accused under Sections 316(2), 318(2), and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The charges include criminal breach of trust, cheating, and fraudulent property transfer.
Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath booked in a cheating case
Ajeet Singh, Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP), Murthal, told ThePrint that the two actors, Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath, were named as accused based on the complainant's statement to the police.
“The main complaint is against the society that is alleged to have duped people of their money by luring them to invest. We will have to investigate what role, if any, is ascribed to Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath," Singh said.
Sonipat resident Vipul Antil filed a complaint against the Human Welfare Credit Cooperative Society, registered in Indore under the Multi-State Cooperative Society Act, 2002. He stated that the society had been operating in multiple states, including Haryana, since September 16, 2016.
The society allegedly offered FD and RD schemes, promising high returns but operated using a multi-level marketing model, incentivizing agents to recruit more investors.
About Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath
On the professional front, Shreyas Talpade was last seen in Kangana Ranaut’s directorial 'Emergency', set during India’s Emergency period (1975–1977), a time of severe restrictions on civil liberties and press freedom. The film also stars Milind Soman, Mahima Chaudhry, Anupam Kher, the late Satish Kaushik, Vishak Nair, and others, with a screenplay by Ritesh Shah.
Veteran actor Alok Nath, known for his work in over 300 Bollywood films, began his career in 1982 and has played diverse roles across television and cinema.