Crime Branch records Sunny Leone’s statement for not showing up at event despite charging Rs.29 lakh

MUMBAI: The Kochi crime branch recorded the statement of actor Sunny Leone on Friday night over a complaint of financial fraud. R Shiyas, a native of Perumbavoor, had lodged a complaint alleging embezzlement of Rs.29 lakh by the actor.According to crime branch officials, a team from the unit met her and recorded her statement at Poovar in Thiruvananthapuram district, where she was shooting.Shiyas filed the complaint with the state police chief and later the police forwarded it to the crime branch. In his petition, Shiyas alleged that Sunny Leone accepted Rs.29 lakh and promised to participate in two programmes but failed to turn up.ALSO READ – (Check out Genelia D’souza’s funny video with her sons, all 3 makes a superb trio)Sunny is in Kerala to shoot for the upcoming season of dating reality show Splitsvilla. She recently shared a video of herself, playing cricket in a park. Making a reference to England’s tour of India, Sunny wrote on Instagram, “Should I pack my kit for England? #IndianCricketTeam.”Last month, Sunny saw the release of her web series, Bullets, on MX Player. The action drama also featured Karishma Tanna, Vivek Vaswani, Deepak Tijori, Amaan F Khan and Taaha Shah.Sunny recently finished shooting for Vikram Bhatt’s ten-episode web series Anamika, which also stars Sonnalli Seygall. Last month, she shared pictures as the show went on floors and wrote, “Anamika- watch and see the story unfold with the beautiful @sonnalliseygall & Directed by @vikrampbhatt.”The shoot of Anamika was supposed to begin earlier but got delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The show will be out on MX Player.SOURCE – HINDUSTAN TIMESALSO READ – (Mira Rajput misses Husband Shahid Kapoor as she gets Wisdom Tooth Extraction )