‘ ₹5 lakh in cash, ₹20 lakh through transfers’: Disha Patani’s father promised top govt job; duped of ₹25 lakh
Live MintActress Disha Patani's father, and a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police Jagdish Singh Patani, was reportedly defrauded of ₹25 lakh by a group of scammers who promised him a senior position in a government commission, police said on Friday. The group allegedly took ₹25 lakh from him— ₹5 lakh in cash and ₹20 lakh through transfers to three different bank accounts. An FIR has been filed against five individuals—Shivendra Pratap Singh, Diwakar Garg, Acharya Jayaprakash, Preeti Garg, and one unidentified person—on charges of cheating, criminal intimidation, and extortion, officials said, reported PTI. Jagdish Singh Patani's complaint Disha Patani's father, a resident of Bareilly's Civil Lines area, alleged in his complaint that Shivendra Pratap Singh, an acquaintance, introduced him to Diwakar Garg and Acharya Jayaprakash.