Former Indian Cricketer Virender Sehwag’s Brother Vinod Arrested In Rs 7 Crore Cheque Bounce Case
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He was arrested for dishonoring cheques issued to Shree Naina Plastics, owned by Himachal Pradesh-based businessman Krishan Mohan Khanna.
Virender Sehwag, in 2017, had denied links to Xalta Food and Beverages Company in a social media post. (IMAGE: REPRESENTATIVE STOCK PHOTO)
Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag’s brother Vinod Sehwag was arrested by the police on Thursday over a cheque bounce case. The arrest comes after a local court decision in 2023 where Vinod and two others were assigned offenders for failing to appear in court proceedings.
Officers from Chandigarh’s Manimajra police station arrested Vinod. The two other people who were arrested are Vishnu Mittal and Sudhir Malhotra. All three of them are directors of Xalta Food and Beverages Company.
According to News18 Hindi, the complaint to the police was filed by Krishna Mohan Khanna, who owns Shree Naina Plastics.
The Himachal Pradesh-based business had complained that Jalta Food and Beverages purchased the goods from his factory worth Rs 7 crore and paid them via cheque. The cheque bounced and bank officials told Krishna Mohan Khanna that there was no money in the account from which the funds were supposed to be debited from.
The report also said that Xalta Food and Beverages had issued seven different cheques of ₹1 crore each. The report said that Vinod and the two others received legal notices but no action was taken.
In 2022, the court declared the three of them as fugitives.
Following a court order, the Manimajra police registered a case against the three accused on September 25, 2023, under Section 174 for disobedience to a court order. Vinod Sehwag has applied for bail, and the court has directed the police to respond by March 10, 2025.
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Chandigarh, India, India