A court in Barabanki on Monday asked the police to investigate allegations that superstar Amitabh Bachchan and five others had “cheated” people by delaying the college they had promised to set up in Daulatpur village in Barabanki district.
The additional chief judicial magistrate ordered the Mohamadpur Khala police to investigate the complaint filed by Daulatpur village head Raj Kumari, and submit a report to the court by June 10.
Avanindra Singh, on behalf of Raj Kumari, had moved the court last week for filing a case against Mr Bachchan and five others.
Mr Singh alleged that the actor had “cheated” people by announcing the Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Mahavidyala Degree College in Daulatpur village two years ago but work had not started since then.
Mr Bachchan had purchased land in Daulatpur village in Fatehpur tehsil of the Barabanki district in two phases — in 2006 and 2007 — and had announced that it would be used for the college. Mr Bachchan, his wife Jaya Bachchan, son Abhishek Bachchan, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and then general secretary Amar Singh had attended the foundation laying ceremony in 2008 for the college.
Mr Singh’s complaint claims Nishtha Foundation, headed by Jaya Prada was to build the college. “Whenever we tried to contact Devendra Rai of the Nishtha foundation he has threatened us,” the complainant said.