Agra: The
Aligarh
police on Wednesday registered criminal cases, including cheating, against
Bollywood
singer,
Kanika Kapoor, her manager and agent on a complaint filed by Noida based event management firm.
According to station house officer, Banna devi police station,
Jitendra Singh, Kanika Kapoor along with her manager, Shruti, and the manager of Mumbai based event management company,
Santosh Mijger
, were booked under section 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 507 (criminal intimidation).
According to the complainant, Manoj Sharma, his firm had paid Rs 24.95 lakh (including air fare, hotel) to singer Kanika Kapoor to perform at an exhibition on January 22 in Aligarh. The singer, however failed to do turn up and also did not return the money that she had been paid.
He said, he will also file a defamation suit against the singer as his and his firm’s reputation had been tarnished by the cancellation of the event promoted by him.