Prerna Arora is the target of a money laundering investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). She is renowned for producing movies like Pad Man and Toilet Ek Prem Katha, both of both of which starred Akshay Kumar. Prerna is allegedly charged with 31 crore worth of fraud.Prerna apparently received a summons on Wednesday, but she did not show up for the ED. Apparently, her attorney bought her extra time by travelling to the ED offices on her behalf. He cited that Prerna was out of the town having business meet ups.Among other films, she has contributed to Kedarnath, starring Sara Ali Khan, Rustom, Fanney Khan, and Pari.The laundering money lawsuit involving Bollywood producer Prerna Arora is for 31 crores, according to a tweet from the news agency ANI on Wednesday. She was summoned by ED today, but since she is not in Mumbai, she did not show up. Her attorney went to the ED office and requested time on her behalf.
Prerna, the former director of movie production company KriArj Entertainment Private Limited, was detained earlier in 2018 by members of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for allegedly defrauding movie producer Vashu Bhagnani of 31.6 crore. She was accused of violating IPC sections 420 (fraud) and 120B (illegal conspiracy). Prerna, along with the two suspect KriArj co-owners Arjun N Kapoor and Pratima Arora, allegedly persuaded Vashu to contribute money to the movies Padman and Kedarnath, according to a 2018 Hindustan Times investigation.However, they had previously sold the licenses to other financial institutions when they allegedly promised him first dibs on the post-release profits. Vashu Bhagnani allegedly suffered an unlawful loss of 31.6 crore as a result of the company’s decision to hide this information and subsequent failure to restore the funds. On behalf of the movie producer, Nagesh Vaidikar, production manager of Puja Films, filed a complaint with the EOW.