Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday reacted to the controversy over his wife, Amruta Fadnavis, being allegedly offered a bribe by one designer to get her (designer's) father freed from a criminal case.
๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ป: ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐
"Anil Jaisinghani's daughter Anishka contacted my wife and called herself a designer. She said her father has been implicated in the wrong case, on which Amruta asked her to write a letter to which she offered a bribe of Rs 1 crore to get her father released," Fadnavis said.
"Amruta blocked her but she sent a video threatening to make it viral & if we didn't withdraw all cases against her father. In one of the videos, Anishka can be seen stuffing money in a bag and later handing over the bag to Amruta," Fadnavis added.
Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, filed a complaint against a designer named Aniksha and her father for allegedly offering her a bribe of Rs 1 crore.
The complaint has been filed at the Malabar Hill Police station on February 20, stated reports.
๐๐บ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ
According to a report in DNA, Amruta in her complaint stated that she and Aniksha had been in touch for over 16 months and has visited her home on some occasions. They first met in 2021. She stated that Aniksha was a clothes, jewellery and footwear designer and had approached the former seeking promotion of her products.
๐๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฎ'๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ
Another report in Indian Express stated that the Aniksha allegedly offered to provide Amruta information on bookies through which they could earn money and also offered Rs 1 crore to get the designer's father off the hook in a criminal case.
Reportedly, Aniksha had visited the Deputy CM residence multiple times and sent Amruta Fadnavis the products she has designed, some which she wore to public events and later returned.
๐๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ
According to the complaint, things went downhill when Aniksha made the offer of Rs 1 crore to get her father off the hook a case on February 16 and Amruta blocked her contact. The threatening video clips, voices notes and multiple texts from an unknown number ensued on February 18 and 19.
Amruta alleged the woman and her father were indirectly threatening her and conspiring against her.
๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ
The police have booked Aniksha and her father under Section 120 (B) of IPC, Sections 8 and 12 Prevention Of Corruption Act, 1988. The IE report quoted a senior police officer saying that the probe is underway in the case and added that no arrests has been made so far.