The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the city police has given a clean chit to a city-based studio accused of cheating HSBC of `330 crore. The agency has filed a closure report in the court .
HSBC, in its April complaint, had alleged that Avitel Post Studioz Limited secured an investment of `330 crore by wrongly claiming it had a tie up with the UK media giant Briitsh Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and required upgrade of all its studios, equipment and library. Additional CP Rajwardhan confirmed the development but refused to give further details.
An officer from the agency said, “According to the HSBC complaint, Avitel had raised the funds to upgrade their library from 2D to 3D, which was a requirement in the BBC contract. However, we saw there was no mention of BBC in the contract between HSBC and Avitel
before the investment. It is largely a case of miscommunication between the two firms and having an incomplete contract. There was no element of criminal cheating in the case .”
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Cops arrest two in Bhiwandi
Age Correspondent
Mumbai, Sept. 16
The Narpoli police in Bhiwandi has arrested two persons and is on the lookout for a third for allegedly raping a 19-year-old girl. The incident came to light when she became ill after getting pregnant, following which her sister filed a complaint.
According to API Vijay Kare, the girl is a labourer and works in a godown in the Purna taluka. “She became friends with Satyendra (27), Jitendra (28) and Surendra Yadav while she travelled to work. The three operate a tempo. According to the two sisters, Satyendra forced the girl inside the vehicle, drove it near the bypass on the Mumbai-Nashik highway and raped her. He was joined by the two others who also forced themselves upon the girl. This went on for a month where the three picked her up and drove her to various spots and committed the crime.”
They also allegedly threatened to kill her sister and andicapped father if she spoke about the rape. “The girl then fell sick and the the pregnancy was detected in the sonography. The doctor advised her sister to file a complaint,” added API Karve.