Berhampur: Owner of a cinema hall in Odisha has been arrested for allegedly defrauding Mumbai-based proprietor of a film company of Rs 39 lakh about three years back.

The accused has been identified as Rajesh Sharma (45), a resident of Rourkela. ADVERTISEMENT

According to police sources, he was arrested from his residence at Mahulapalli in Rourkela’s Plant Site police limits on Saturday based on a complaint lodged by Sarju Ramesh Chandra Shah, proprietor of the film company. Financial documents and mobile phone of Sharma have also been seized.

The fraud pertains to an advanced sound system, which the complainant had installed in three screens in the cinema hall at Old Bus Stand area in Berhampur at a cost of Rs 39 lakh, in accordance with an agreement with the accused in 2022. Sharma,

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