Anurag named in fraud investigation

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has started a preliminary inquiry into the allegations of financial embezzlement and violation of norms at the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), which includes charges that the corporation made excess and undue payments to filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and other film directors.

The move comes on the complaint of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. The CBI, in a letter dated October 23, addressed to the director (finance) NFDC, had stated that a preliminary inquiry had been launched against unknown officials of the corporation, Sun TV, UFO Movies, Anurag Kashyap Films and others.

The CBI had asked NFDC to furnish documents to help with the probe, an official said. Meanwhile, Kashyap has denied the allegations through his official Twitter account saying he has received no notice from the authorities.