SC shields Shreyas from arrest

Actor among others named in a multi-crore scam across states

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The Supreme Court, in an interim order passed on Monday, granted protection from arrest to Bollywood actor Shreyas Talpade, following multiple FIRs filed against him in different states for allegedly duping people of crores through a chit fund scheme.

A Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and KV Viswanathan issued notices to the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, as well as to the Centre and posted the writ petition filed by Talpade — seeking direction to club multiple FIRs and transfer of the investigation to Lucknow— for further hearing on August 29.