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The Mumbai police has registered a complaint against Farhan Akhtar’s mother, Honey Irani’s driver, along with an employee of a petrol pump near Bandra Lake. The accused driver, identified as Naresh Singh (35), allegedly swiped the credit cards at a petrol pump and took cash instead of purchasing fuel.

This resulted in overstated expenses and bogus entries for Akhtar’s family. The fraud came to light on Wednesday, October 1, when Honey Irani’s manager, Divya Bhatia (36) checked the fuel accounts, discovering that a Maruti car with a diesel capacity of 35L recorded to have received 621L of fuel, raising immediate suspicions.

Driver’s dodgy responses spark police doubts

When questioned, Farhan Akhtar’s driver gave unsatisfactory answers, claiming that he had only used the card for fuel expenses. Bhatia then examined the driver’s card history and it came out that he had used three different cards, all registered under Akhtar’s name. She further found out that Singh had also bought vehicle oil that was sold seven years prior.  According to the FIR, Singh admitted to the fraud and revealed he acquired the cards in 2022 from Akhtar’s previous driver, Santosh Kumar.

Singh confessed that he committed the fraudulent transactions and did so together with an employee at the petrol pump. The accused petrol pump employee, identified as Arun Singh (52) frequently handed cash to Naresh following a deduction of Rs 1,000- 1500. The collective amount involved in the alleged fraud is approximately Rs 12 lakh.

Anyone else involved in the scam?

The Bandra police have registered the case against Arun and Naresh under Sections 318 (criminal breach of trust), 418 (cheating), and 3(5) (general provisions) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Investigations are underway to find out if anyone else is involved in the scam as well as to recover the misappropriated funds.