Mumbai Designer Booked For Offering 1 Cr Bribe, Threatening Amruta Fadnavis

The designer asked Amruta Fadnavis to wear her designs at public events and after taking her into confidence asked to intervene in a criminal case and also threatened her.

Amruta Fadnavis filed a complaint against a designer for threatening, bribing her.

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New Delhi: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis has filed a police case against a “designer” in Mumbai for allegedly trying to offer her money to intervene in a criminal case and also threatening her, said a police official on Thursday. 

As per the report by news agency PTI, based on Amruta’s complaint, an FIR was registered against the woman identified by her as Aniksha and her father on February 20 at the Malabar Hill police station, the official added. 

So far, no arrests have been made in connection with the case, said the official. 

According to the FIR, Aniksha was in touch with Amruta for the past 16 months and had also visited her residence and as per Amruta’s statement, she met the woman in November 2021. 

Aniksha claimed that she was a designer of clothes, jewellery and footwear and requested the deputy CM’s wife to wear them at public events saying it would help her promote the products, said the official from Malabar Hill police station.

She allegedly told Amruta that her mother was no more and that she was taking care of her family’s finances, said the official. 

But after gaining Amruta’s trust, Aniksha offered to provide her with information on some bookies through which, she claimed, they could make money, the official said. She then directly offered Amruta Rs 1 crore to get her father off the hook in a police case, the official added.

Getting upset over Aniksha’s behaviour, Amruta blocked her phone number but the woman allegedly sent Amruta video clips, voice notes and many messages from an unknown number, reported the news agency quoting the official as saying. 

Aniksha and her father also indirectly threatened and conspired against Amruta, said the official citing the FIR.

The city police have registered the FIR against Aniksha and her father under Indian Penal Code sections 120-B (conspiracy) and the Prevention of Corruption Act sections pertaining to using corrupt and illegal means to induce a public servant.

An investigation is underway and no arrest has been made so far, the official added.