Indian actress invests in Colombo casino business

An Indian actress has filed a Police complaint saying she had been duped into investing in a Colombo casino business by her best friend.

 

Kannada film actor Sanjjanaa Galrani, an accused in a 2020 Sandalwood drug case, has filed a complaint against her ‘best friend’ and a co-accused Rahul Tonse and two others of cheating her of returns from her investments in his casino business in Colombo and Goa.

 

Now, Sanjjanaa has alleged in her complaint that Tonse had lured her into investing in his casino business, but had refused to pay her the returns.

 

A senior police officer said Sanjjanaa had approached the court after she was cheated by her friends. Sanjjanaa has alleged that Tonse, in November 2018, had claimed to be the managing director of the group of casinos while trying to convince her to invest in the business and offered her big returns. Sanjjanaa had invested in the business by transferring money to Tonse’s account and also into those of his friends.

 

She said she trusted Tonse as a ‘brother’ and even transferred money into the account of Tonse’s parents, who too allegedly convinced her to invest in the business.