'Rs 100 crore black money turned white by producers': Mumbai-based actor & director involved in crime

DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand cyber crime unit in its ongoing probe of the case involving the alleged conversion of Rs100 cr black money to white by two Bhopal-based film producers, came to know the involvement of a Mumbai-based actor and director who had helped the two by forming two film production companies during Covid-19 first wave in 2020.
According to police, the third accused identified as one Milind Jadhav, 42, was booked after his name appeared during the investigation of the monetary transactions of the two arrested film producers from Bhopal last month.
Inspector Tribhuvan Rautela, who is the investigation officer of the case, said that Jadhav was running two film production companies, both based in Mumbai where he was living.
"Jadhav had opened the two companies during Covid-19 first wave in 2020 to assist the two Bhopal-based accused Rachit Sharma and Suresh Yadav. Both Sharma and Yadav used to give him the black money with which he used to buy the screening rights of foreign movies from production houses based in Singapore and Dubai," said Rautela.
He added that Jadhav couldn't be arrested by the police as he got anticipatory bail from the local court in Dehradun to evade arrest after sensing that he too might be picked up by police following the arrest of his Bhopal based acquaintances.
"After getting the anticipatory bail, he himself came to Dehradun based cyber crime police station where he was questioned. During the questioning, he told police that he was involved in the crime for about two years but didn't know the exact source of black money. He claimed he never tried to ask Sharma and Yadav about the details of money they were giving him. As per the modus operandi, he only used to buy the screening rights of foreign films," said Rautela.
Deputy superintendent of police in the cyber crime unit, Ankush Mishra, who is involved in the investigation, said, "Police are suspecting the involvement of more accused in the crime as the amount involved is very big."