South Indian actress Leena Maria Paul, who was arrested in New Delhi for helping her male friend in a cheating case of Rs. 19 crore was reportedly part of big budget Bollywood movie starring John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri in the lead role.
But when Leena was arrested, crew of the film was shocked and is now claiming that she was never part of the film.
In a joint operation of Delhi and Chennai police the actress was arrested near the Ambience Mall in South Delhi's Vasant Kunj area along with four bouncers on Monday night.
Balaji, who became aware of police presence fled in a Land Cruiser.
This led police to Paul's farmhouse in Fatehpur Beri in south Delhi where they found many watches, jewellery and cash. Nine luxury cars were recovered from the farmhouse.
Paul (25) was living with her male friend, Balaji alias Sekar Reddy alias Sukkesh Chandrasekar, who is the kingpin in the case.
According to police, Balaji had approached Canara Bank in Chennai posing as an IAS officer and got a Rs.19 crore loan sanctioned using forged documents on the pretext of opening a firm.
Balaji had submitted forged documents to the bank.
The duo is also wanted in two other cases in Chennai.
"They came to Delhi and started living here at the farmhouse a month ago," said an official.
"Paul revealed that she did her schooling in Dubai, where her parents live. Her father is an engineer there. She was modeling and acting in films for the past two years," said the official.
(with inputs from IANS)
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