SRK, Deepika Padukone get relief as Rajasthan HC stays probe in cheating case over 'faulty Hyundai car'
Jaipur/IBNS: The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the probe against Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone after they were named in a First Information Report (FIR) filed over a complaint lodged by a Hyundai customer, who claimed he was delivered a defective car, media reports said.
Shah Rukh and Deepika are the brand ambassadors of the car company.
Justice Sudesh Bansal said the probe against Hyundai Managing Director Ansoo Kim and Chief Operation Officer Tarun Garg have also been stayed, Bar and Bench reported.
What happened?
Kirti Singh, an advocate from Bharatpur in Rajasthan, bought a Hyundai Alcazar car in 2022 from Malwa Auto Sales Pvt. Ltd. in Sonipat, The Times of India said.
Singh, who bought the car with an advanced payment of Rs. 51,000 and the rest of the money was loaned, claimed he started facing technical problems soon after the purchase.
He claimed the most serious problems were linked to the accelerator and engine management system, the daily reported.
Singh said despite reporting the problems to the company, he was offered no help.
Neither repair nor refund was given by the company forcing him to take the legal route.
Acting on his complaint, a Bharatpur court asked police to register an FIR. The Mathura Gate Police has started its probe into the complaint.
SRK and Deepika were named in the complaint by Singh for allegedly promoting a defective car.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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