Rs 8 cr fraud case: Court allows Kirron Kher to record statement through videoconferencing

Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Chandigarh, July 15

A local court today allowed Kirron Kher, former MP, to record her statement through videoconferencing on an untraced report filed by the Chandigarh Police in a cheating case registered on her complaint against a businessman. Kher in the application filed through advocate Prdhuman Garg had requested the court to allow her to record her statement through videoconferencing by invoking rules of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

In a complaint filed before the police, Kher alleged in the FIR that in August 2023, a businessman, Chaittnya Aggarwal, came to her and persuaded her to make investments in various schemes. In August 2023, she gave Rs 8 crore to him. It was promised that he will return this amount to her within one month along with interest at 18 per cent. However, he failed to return the amount. She claimed that after her many requests to return the money, he started making excuses and even fled to Dubai.

Even after returning to India he failed to return the money. On her complaint a case was registered against Aggarwal. Later, the matter was sorted out.

The police in the report claimed that since the matter had been settled between the two the cancellation of the report in the case should be accepted. The court had issued notice to Kher to record her statement in this regard.

But instead of appearing before the court physically she prayed to be allowed to record the statement through video-conferencing due to medical reasons. The state in the reply did not object to the application. So, after hearing the arguments the court allowed her to record the statement through videoconferencing.