Casting Director Cheats Women Through Fake Audition Calls, Arrested

The matter was reported to police on May 12 by a woman who in her complaint said she was duped of more than Rs 20,000 by a casting manager on Instagram.

A 37-year-old casting director was arrested for allegedly cheating women by offering them roles in non-existing Bollywood movies on social media, police said on Saturday.

The accused has been identified as Sunny Kumar Verma, a resident of Haridwar in Uttrakhand, they said.

The matter was reported to police on May 12 by a woman who in her complaint said she was duped of more than Rs 20,000 by a casting manager on Instagram.