A criminal case has been registered against actor Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan and promoters of a housing project in a property dispute in Lucknow.
Gauri Khan was the brand ambassador for luxury housing project Tulsiani Golf View on Sultanpur Road, Lucknow, promoted and developed by Tulsiani Constructions and Developers.
The complainant, Mumbai resident Kirit Jaswant Shah, invested ₹85.46 lakh in August 2015 for a flat in the project. As per the police, the builders failed to give possession within the stipulated time and returned ₹22.70 lakh to the complainant, promising to refund the rest within six months.
Mumbai resident filed the complaint in Lucknow
“I was influenced by the project marketed and promoted by Khan and invested in the apartment, which was to be ready for possession by October 2016. The promoters, however, failed to give possession for several years and later the flat sale registration was done to some other person,” said Shah.
Gauri is the brand ambassador of property in Lucknow
He filed a complaint with the Lucknow police, which booked Tulsiani Constructions CMD Anil Tulsiani and director Mahesh Tulsiani, along with brand ambassador Gauri Khan, for criminal breach of trust.
The police complaint was probed by the Lucknow police DCP South which directed the FIR to be registered under section 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code.
Police Inspector Shailendra Giri from Sushant Golf Link police station in Lucknow confirmed the FIR. “Investigations are in progress and action will be taken as per law,” he said. Shah Rukh Khan’s office declined to comment on the case, though.
