FIR filed against, actor Sachiin Joshi for cheating business partner of Rs 58 crore

NRI businessman Sachin Joshi, who is also an actor-filmmaker has landed in legal trouble as the Gutka baron has been accused of cheating his partner as per a business partnership. An  FIR has been filed against the Azan actor, for non-payment of funds which he owns to Mumbai resident Parag Sanghvi as a royalty of Koregaon Park. According to a Pinkvilla report, Sanghvi had entered into a contract with Joshi and his partners in Viiking Media And Entertainment Private Limited company. As per the contract, Joshi was supposed to pay royalty for the franchise of Playboy Beer Garden at Baner and Koregaon Park. However, Joshi has not made the payment to Sanghvi since 2016. 

Sanghvi had then filed a complaint with Pune police about this. His complaint was investigated primarily by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch of Pune Police. Upon these investigations, FIR has been registered against Joshi. Assistant Police Inspector HM Nanaware is investigating the case. Earlier, Sachiin Joshi's company Viiking Media And Entertainment Private Limited company had also been accused of non-payment of salaries by 30 former employees. Not just that, Sachiin Joshi was also arrested by Hyderabad Police in October 2020 for the ongoing drug scandal in Tollywood after a large drugs cartel was busted in Hyderabad. For the unversed, Sachin Joshi is the owner of Vijay Mallya's famous and sprawling Kingfisher Villa in Goa. He is also the owner of Dambulla franchise in the Lanka Premier League (LPL).