Punjabi film producer booked for cheating

Ludhiana: The police, on Monday, booked a Punjabi movie director-producer for cheating, as he failed to pay Rs 18,000 to the owner of a dhaba in Mullanpur Dakha, Jagraon. The FIR has been lodged four years after the incident.

Rahul Kumar, the dhaba owner, said, “In 2017, Vikram Dhillon, the film director-producer, came to Jagraon to shoot a movie. Dhillon got breakfast, lunch and dinner from my dhaba for himself, his staff and crew. In payment, he gave me four cheques, of which I encashed three.”

The fourth cheque was of Rs 18,000. “Dhillon told me he would take the fourth cheque back and pay in cash. Even after the movie team left from there, Dhillon did not clear the dues. I tried to contact him but to no avail. I could not encash it as he had stopped payment of the cheque,” he added.

In July 2017, Kumar lodged a police complaint.

Dakha police station ASI Baljeet Singh said, “A senior police official conducted an inquiry after which the FIR was lodged against producer-director Vikram Dhillon under Section 420 (cheating) of the IPC.”