India, July 9 -- Actor Alia Bhatt's ex-personal assistant, Vedika Prakash Shetty, was arrested by the Juhu Police on Tuesday evening. Vedika has been accused of forgery and fraud, allegedly 'stealing an amount exceeding Rs.76 lakh from the actor and her production house, Eternal Sunshine Productions Pvt Ltd. The former assistant was arrested from Bengaluru, nearly five months after a complaint was filed against her.

According to police sources, Vedika allegedly forged Alia's signature to siphon off funds from the production house's accounts to her own over a period of two years. As per a News 18 report, she has been accused of swindling an amount of Rs.76,90,892 from Eternal Sunshine's funds as well as Alia's personal accounts between 20...