Hrithik Roshan booked for cheating

It’s bad news all around for Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan. While he and his family has been in news lately after his sister Sunaina Roshan publicly supported Kangana Ranaut, the actor has now got himself tangled in a legal case. According to a report, Hrithik has been booked under IPC section 406 and 420, in a case of cheating, by the KPHB police.

Deccan Chronicle reported that a resident of Seshadrinagar in Kukatpally, I. Shashikanth, has filed a complaint with the KPHB police on June 22, claiming that he had joined the fitness chain, Cult.Fit, in December 2018. Hrithik Roshan is the brand ambassador of the chain of gyms. Shashikanth claims to have paid a sum of Rs 17,490 to the gym, which was a discounted price for a total period of a year. According to the complainant, he was promised unlimited workout sessions for a year, however, proper sessions were not provided to him.

“A total of 1,800 people had enrolled with the Cure.Fit and there was not sufficient carpet area to provide workout sessions. Apart from that, the workout sessions were not available for three days at a stretch, which is denying us good health benefits. Besides the bad behaviour of the people at Kukatpally centre has brought about mental depression,” alleged Mr Shashikanth, as reported by the mainline daily.

In addition to Hrithik Roshan, the board of directors of Cult.Fit Healthcare have also been booked in the cheating case, the report revealed. The report also quoted KPHB inspector K. Laxmi Narayana saying the following: “Shashikanth has complained that he was not given proper training as promised by the company in its advertisements and he has alleged cheating by the directors of the company and also its ambassador, actor Hrithik Roshan. A case has been registered under sections 406 and 420 of IPC against the actor and three directors Mukesh Bansal, Ankit Nagori and Shanmugavel Mani Subbaiah. Investigation is underway.”

Now, Cult.Fit has issued an official statement claiming that the complainant had actually misbehaved with the staff at the fitness centre he was a member to. They further claim that the customer has filed a false complaint against the fitness chain and its brand ambassador.

“cult.fit is a responsible company conscious of the health and safety requirements of both customers as well as it’s staff. The customer in question, Mr. Shashi, has behaved inappropriately and violently with our staff against whom (Mr. Shashi) we were constrained to take action. The current police complaint appears to have been hence filed subsequently against us falsely, while also mischievously dragging our celebrity brand ambassador, Hrithik Roshan, wrongly in it. We are cooperating with the authorities as per due process and evaluating remedial action.” - the official statement read.

On the work front, Hrithik is currently busy with the promotions of his upcoming film Super 30, which is set to hit theatres on July 12. The film is a biopic on mathematician Anand Kumar's Super 30 program.