Ram Gopal Varma reacts to his arrest. Industry circles and the public were shocked when the news of renowned filmmaker RGV getting arrested erupted on social media. A Mumbai court sentenced filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma to three months imprisonment in a cheque bounce case and issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him.
Judicial Magistrate (First Class) in Andheri, Y P Pujari, on Tuesday, convicted Varma for the offence punishable under the provisions of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The court has also directed the filmmaker to pay compensation of Rs 3,72,219 to the complainant within three months from the date of the order.
Taking the matter to the X (Twitter), RGV said it was about a 7-year-old case of Rs 2 lakh 38 thousand amount, relating to his ex-employee, and he said that his advocates are attending to it, and since the matter is in court, he cannot say anything further. Ram Gopal Varma reacts to his arrest.
“It is not about settling the rupees 2.38 lakh. The contention was about refusing to be exploited in the attempts to fabricate ..Anyway that’s all I can say for now” said RGV.
