Double trouble: FIR lodged against Ranbir Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar!

It appears that the actors were promoting a website, which has been duping its customers!

22 Sep, 2015

*You'd think that Ranbir Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar would have their hands full with their next films *Tamasha and Wazir respectively, but it turns out that the two Bollywood actors also have time to promote a service or two. Both stars are in hot waters for promoting an allegedly fraudulent online shopping portal, and an FIR has been lodged against the them, reported The Indian Express.

The police said that the FIR was registered by a lawyer named Rajat Bhansal against Farhan and Ranbir under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 406 (Punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 420 (forgery) on September 19.

The FIR against the directors of the online site www.askmebazaar.com, Sanjiv Gupta, Anand Sonbhadra, Piyush Pankaj, Kiran Kumar Sriniwas Murti and marketing officer Puja Goyal, has also been submitted.

Ranbir Kapoor in an ad promoting the site. — Photo courtesy: financialexpress.com

The lawyer allegedly accused the actors of promoting a website, which failed to deliver a product within 10 days of payment.

He stressed that the superstars' promotion of the website give its customers a false sense of assurance about the website's authenticity. Concerned authorities are looking into the matter.

Although it's too early to say if the website is actually scamming its customers, the superstars must have learned their lesson. Stars not only have their reputations at stake, but also a responsibility to be familiar with a product or service before they agree to promote it.

Comments

Pure Ind Sep 22, 2015 12:06pm

Now the next target should be the Actresses that promote cosmetics with exaggerated claims!

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fida USA Sep 22, 2015 12:57pm

The end result of GREED.

Parvez Sep 22, 2015 01:00pm

Self promotion through a negative image.........is this by design or by accident ?

Jhk Sep 22, 2015 04:49pm

How is that before any movir is to come out the actors are suddenly in spot light for one reason or another ?

Rahul Sep 23, 2015 08:52am

1. How is failing to deliver a product in less than 10 days duping a customer?? It's India delays are expected. 2. How's it the fault of the actors??? They were paid for it and were just doing their jobs. Idiotic system.