Media consultant arrested for cheating actress

Mumbai: A media consultant was Wednesday arrested from a posh hotel here on charges of cheating Bollywood actress Sana Khan of Rs 9 lakh. Acting on a complaint filed by Khan, the consultant, Poonam Khanna, was put under arrest after her statement was recorded, police said. The development comes a week after Khan and two others were apprehended on a separate complaint filed by the 42-year-old media consultant. The trio, booked on criminal intimidation and other charges, was later granted bail. “Poonam Khanna was picked up from a posh hotel in suburbs and her statement was recorded at length before she was placed under arrest. Khanna would be produced before a court tomorrow,” Subhash Wele, Senior Inspector with Oshiwara Police Station, said. According to the police, a few months ago Khanna took Rs 9 lakh from Khan with the promise of getting her two shanties in a slum, a prospective redevelopment site, and a SRA (a Government-promoted scheme) flat in suburban Goregaon. Khanna, however, did not keep her word.