V-Unbeatable cheating case: HC slams MBVV police for tardy investigation
MUMBAI, June 12 -- The Bombay high court on Tuesday rapped the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police, stating that the senior officers adopted a "calculated way" to defend their juniors who handled the complaint filed by the dance group, V-Unbeatable, renowned for winning America's Got Talent. The group has made cheating accusations against their manager.
The troupe members had approached the high court through advocate Shravan Giri, alleging that no action was taken by the police on their complaint against their manager, Om Prakash Chauhan, for alleged embezzlement of funds.
Their plea claimed that the MBVV police refused to file an FIR against Chauhan and no action was taken even after escalating the matter to the DCP on July 25. The petition also claimed that police used "criminal force" against the group members and their guardians.
Public prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar stated that the matter was looked into and as a result of it, the then Investigating officer was exonerated. A report was filed by the assistant commissioner of police on January 23, 2025, which contained 22 points as regards the conduct of the officer. He further stated that a fresh enquiry shall be conducted against the officer by an officer not below the rank of additional commissioner of police, Mira-Bhayandar, which shall be completed within a period of six weeks.
Advocate Shravan Giri, appearing for the petitioner, stated that all the relevant material in support of the 22 points shall be submitted to the office of the additional commissioner of police within a period of two weeks.
The division bench of justices Nitin Sambre and Sachin Deshmukh discarded the report of the assistant commissioner of police, observing that the 22 points were not looked into and dealt with in the enquiry report. It directed the authorities to make the enquiry report available to the petitioner by July 31, highlighting that the petitioner shall have every right to question the enquiry report and the adverse conduct of the police inspector, who had earlier acted as an Investigating Officer in the matter....
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