Facing threats, says TV actor

Television actor R. Ravi Kiran has lodged a complaint with the Kukatpally police of cheating and allegedly being threatened by a friend who borrowed money from him.

Kiran, a resident of Green Hills road in Moosapet, lodged the complaint on Sunday stating that he had lent `45 lakh to one Sandeep, a resident of Ramnagar, a friend in the film industry. Sandeep had asked Ravi for help as he was running short of money for film distribution in September 2018.

After a few days, Sandeep returned about `3.75 lakh but failed to clear the remaining debt, Kiran told the police. When he pressurised Sandeep to repay the remaining amount, Kiran was allegedly threatened. Ravi also told the police that a group of people has been following him to shooting locations and is threatening him not to ask Sandeep for repayment.

The actor alleged that he learned about Sandeep having cheated several others by collecting money on the pretext of movie distribution business and failed to repay the amounts.

Following his complaint, the Kukatpally police booked a case against Sandeep on the charges of cheating, criminal intimidation and breach of trust and have taken up the investigation.