SpiceJet Chairman Ajay Singh was booked for allegedly duping a businessman on the pretext of allotting him company shares, police said on Monday. The company called it "completely bogus", saying a defamation suit will be filed against the complainant.
The Gurugram police on Monday said an FIR has been filed against Singh, chairman and managing director of SpiceJet, based on a complaint by one Amit Arora for allegedly duping him on the pretext of allotting shares of the company.
According to the complaint, Singh had delivered a fake depository instruction slip for 10 lakh shares to Arora. This was for the services provided by Arora to him.
Police registered the case under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent), 415 (deception), 417 (cheating) 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code at Sushant Lok police station.
A SpiceJet spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday, "A frivolous, mischievous, and completely bogus complaint has been filed by a liquor dealer Amit Arora with the Gurugram police with an intention to hurt SpiceJet and Ajay Singh's image."
The airline spokesperson also said neither Singh nor any person concerned from the airline has ever met the complainant and that there is no written agreement between them.
'We are confident that the police investigation will prove the same and the FIR will be quashed. A defamation suit will be filed against the complainant by SpiceJet and Singh," the spokesperson said.
Shares of SpiceJet were down 0.64% at Rs 38.85 apiece in morning trade on BSE.
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