Police files closure report in Vashu Bhagnani’s FIR against Ali Abbas Zafar and others
Mumbai Police has filed a closure report against director Ali Abbas Zafar in producer Vashu Bhagnani’s FIR related to his 2024 film Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan.
Mumbai Police has filed a closure report before the Bandra Magistrate Court, saying that film producer Vashu Bhagnani’s FIR against film director Ali Abbas Zafar, executive producer Himanshu Mehra and the duo’s financial officer Akesh Ranadive was filed “under the mistaken impression that there was any fraud.”
Bhagnani, on his part, has filed a protest petition against the closure report filed by the Mumbai Police in the FIR lodged against him. Bhagnani’s FIR alleges cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery and defamation over the much-discussed controversy surrounding the 2024 film. big mian small mianCo-produced by Bhagnani and directed by Zafar.
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Mumbai Police had recently filed ‘C’ summary report in the case. A ‘C’ summary report is filed by the police to close a criminal case when, upon investigation, it is found to be neither completely false nor true but is based on a “mistake of fact” or when the dispute is of a civil nature. This shows that although the complaint was not malicious, the evidence is insufficient for prosecution.
Bhagnani had filed a complaint in Bandra Court in 2024, which had directed the local police to register an FIR. Zafar is known for blockbuster films like Sultan And tiger is aliveShe was accused of inflating the bills and spending over the budget during the production of the Akshay Kumar starrer film. big mian small mian.
Bhagnani said his company spent Rs 230 crore on production. big mian small mian And, among other allegations, he claimed that he received no analytical information about how much money was spent and for what reason.
Mumbai Police filed its closure report stating that Bhagnani had “filed the complaint under the mistaken belief that fraud had taken place.”
According to the police, Bhagnani said the amount of fraud is Rs 9 crore, but the complainant has not provided any information about how the fraud of Rs 9 crore was done, how the fraud was done and what is the analysis of the amount of fraud (who was overpaid, which item was overpriced, who did not work but was paid, which vendors are fake etc.). Police said, he has made allegations of fraudulent nature. As stated in the complaint, no case of any kind of fraud or preparation of fake documents has come to light.
The police have requested the Bandra court to “classify the said crime as neither true nor false.”
Advocates Jai K Bhardwaj, Pratibha Rawat and Harsh Ramchandani, appearing for Zafar and Mehra, said, “The investigating agency did not find any criminality in the allegations made in the FIR after the completion of the investigation. Our clients fully cooperated in the investigation at every stage, reposing full faith in the investigative and judicial process. Also, during the entire investigation process, no statement was issued by our clients and the closure report is comprehensive and covers all principles.”