What Santacruz police are investigating
Santacruz police in Mumbai have registered a case over the handling of assets that belonged to Hindi film actor Nimmi, who died in March 2020. The Indian Express and Hindustan Times reported on November 15 that the first information report was registered on November 11 and concerns a former caretaker. A senior police officer told The Indian Express that the investigation was underway.
Both reports say the complaint concerns two flats and two fixed deposits. The Indian Express reported that the deposits were held with two banks and totalled ₹1.77 crore. It attributed to the complainant the allegation that funds were improperly withdrawn after Nimmi’s death and that the caretaker attempted to take control of the flats. The registration of the case records those allegations for investigation. The reports gave no finding on whether the caretaker had misused the assets.
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Nimmi was the screen name of Nawab Banu. The Indian Express reported that she and her husband, scriptwriter Ali Raza, bought the two flats in 2003 and that the properties stood in her name. According to its account of the complaint, the flats and the deposits were among the assets left for beneficiaries under her will.
The Indian Express said police registered the case under the Indian Penal Code because the alleged conduct predates the newer criminal code.
The Indian Express and Hindustan Times reported that proceedings concerning the will were pending before the Bombay High Court. That proceeding concerns the will, while the police investigation concerns what allegedly happened to the assets. The available reports do not give an outcome in either matter.
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