2 men arrested in Mumbai for cheating actor, her mother

The Mumbai Police have arrested two men for allegedly cheating a 27-year-old actor by promising her a role in a Hollywood web series and then sending her for an “audition” to the UAE’s Sharjah city, where she was later caught in an alleged drugs case, an official said.

The police on Monday arrested the accused — Ravi Bobhate and Anthony Paul — who also cheated the actor’s mother, Pramila Pareira, by promising her hefty commissions in real estate deals in Hyderabad, he said.

The incident came to light when 56-year-old Pareira approached the crime branch with a complaint that her daughter, Krissan, had been cheated under the pretext of providing her a role in a Hollywood web series, the official said.