ED registers money laundering case against Akshay Kumar's Padman producer Prerna Arora

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday registered a money laundering case against Bollywood film producer, Prerna Arora, for Rs 31.6 crore fraud.She was summoned on Wednesday but she failed to appear, citing that she was presently out of town for some official work and had sought time through her advocate, Vivek Wasvani.Prerna Arora has been the producer of films like Kedarnath, Toilet - Ek Prem Katha, Padman, Fanney Khan, Pari and was also involved in the making of a biopic on Abhinav Bindra.

Earlier in 2018, officers of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested Prerna Arora, the director of motion picture production house, KriArj Entertainment Private Limited, for allegedly cheating film producer Vashu Bhagnani and Pooja Entertainment of Rs 31.6 crore.The complainants claimed that they suffered wrongful losses amounting to Rs 31.6 crore because of this illegal transfer of rights. They learnt that Prernaa Arora-headed KriArj Entertainment had passed on the rights of Kedarnath to Ronnie Screwvala.She was charged under sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.