Fresh case of cheating against Sun Picture's COO Hansraj Saxena

CHENNAI: Four days after the arrest of Hansraj Saxena, chief operating officer of Sun Pictures, the Chennai city police on Thursday registered a fresh case of cheating against him. Saxena was arrested on Sunday on charges of cheating a film distributor TS Selvaraj to the tune of Rs 82.53 lakh.

Acting on the complaint of one film distributor from Salem, police made a fresh case of cheating against Saxena. As per the request of the city police, Saidapet magistrate on July 5 allowed the cops to interrogate Saxena in police custody for three days. He was again produced before the magistrate court on Thursday and was remanded in Puzhal prison.

Meanwhile, the police sought the magistrate to extend Saxena's custody to another couple of days. But the magistrate denied permission.

Sun Pictures chief financial officer Unnikrishnan on Thursday appeared before the investigation officers and submitted the money transactions for the last five years period of Sun Pictures.

Chennai police on Wednesday summoned Unnikrishnan, chief financial officer of Sun Pictures to appear before the investigation officers and asked to submit the financial documents of Sun Pictures. On Wednesday, police picked up Saxena's close aides Ayyappan and Thambidurai for questioning.