Sharapova Schumacher Police Case: Gurgaon Police registers FIR against Maria Sharapova and Michael Schumacher – In a sensational development, former tennis star Maria Sharapova and former Formula 1 racer Michael Schumacher have been booked by the Gurgaon police on grounds of alleged fraud. Follow live updates on InsideSport.IN.
Why is Sharapova and Schumacher being investigated? An F.I.R was launched against the superstar duo and 11 others by Shafali Agarwal, a resident of Chattarpur Mini Farm in New Delhi. She claimed that Sharapova and Schumacher were associated with a fraud development company.
Sharapova, Schumacher Police Case: Gurgaon Police registers FIR against former TENNIS STAR Maria Sharapova and former RACER Michael Schumacher – Check why?
Sharapova, Schumacher Police Case: According to Agarwal, the Russian tennis star and the German race driver had ties with M/S Realtech Development and Infrastructure (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd, who promised to build a project on Gurugram’s Sector 73, but despite taking money from the buyers, the project never came into existence. Having spent INR 80 lakhs on the fraud project, she also revealed that one tower in the project was set to be named after Sharapova, while another was confirmed to be named after Schumacher.
“We came to know about the project through advertisements and reached out to the company management after pictures of the project and a lot of false promises were made,” Agarwal told PTI.
Sharapova, Schumacher Police Case: Gurgaon Police registers FIR against former TENNIS STAR Maria Sharapova and former RACER Michael Schumacher – Check why?
Sharapova, Schumacher Police Case: Gurgaon Police registers FIR against former TENNIS STAR Maria Sharapova and former RACER Michael Schumacher – Check why?
“Sharapova and Schumacher as promoters of the project conspired with the buyers. It was mentioned in the brochure that she is promoting the project, and she also made false promises, had dinner parties with the buyers, and all this was done for the project, which never took off,” she further added.
Gurgaon Police opens probe – Gurgaon Police, who are currently investigating the fraud, have confirmed that the project was set to be completed by 2016 but it was never started.
“A tower in the project was named after Schumacher. The project was to be completed by 2016 but never took off. As per the court order, the FIR has been registered and we are reviewing the matter. The probe is on,” an inspector working on the case clarified.
Sharapova, Schumacher Police Case: Gurgaon Police registers FIR against former TENNIS STAR Maria Sharapova and former RACER Michael Schumacher – Check why?
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