Celeb chef goes missing; wife says he forged sign

Dilshad Khambata alleges Farrokh took loans faking her signature, made her co-borrower without her knowledge

- Vinay Dalvi

MUMBAI: One of the city's top chef-cum-restaurateurs, most known for bespoke catering services and being sought out by the who's who of the country, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Farrokh Khambata is in the news not for opening yet another fine dining restaurant, but for being implicated in a case of forgery by his wife, Dilshad.

On Monday, the Gamdevi police registered a case against the famous chef following a complaint lodged by Dilshad, where she claimed her husband had taken loans from various financial institutions forging her signatures and making her co-borrower in the loans. The case against him involves making false documents, forgery and forged documents or electronic records, using them as genuine.

"We have registered a case on the complaint of Dilshad Farrokh Khambata, a resident of Altamount Road in south Mumbai. They were married in 1997 and have a 23-year-old son," said a police officer.