New Delhi: Vedika Prakash was arrested by the Juhu Police on Tuesday. Now, the question is, who is Vedika Prakash? She was the former personal assistant of Alia Bhatt. The second question is, why has she been arrested? Vedika Prakash was accused of cheating the actress and her production house of over Rs 76 lakh. In this case, she has caught everyone’s attention, mainly because it involves such a large sum of money and someone who was once very close to Alia Bhatt.
Vedika Parkash worked as Alia Bhatt’s assistant for over two years, a job that ended last year. During this time, she managed many of Alia’s personal and business affairs, including looking after the operations of her production house, Eternal Sunshine Productions Pvt Ltd.
From handling schedules to managing money matters, Vedika was trusted with many essential tasks. But things took a shocking turn when she was accused of forging Alia’s signature and siphoning off vast sums of money. As someone who was trusted with finances, it was expected that she would always act in Alia’s best interest; instead, she used this trust to her advantage by forging Alia’s signature and transferring large sums of money to her accounts.
The matter first came to notice earlier this year. The case was registered on January 23 after Alia received an invoice from Vedika for a payment linked to an event. But something about it didn’t seem right. Alia Bhatt decided to double-check and called the number on the invoice. To her surprise, the call went to a friend of Vedika’s.
This raised a big red flag. Alia then decided to audit her accounts, and what she found was shocking. Vedika is allegedly involved in a forgery case involving over Rs 76 lakh. Nearly five months after the complaint was filed, Vedika was finally arrested by a team from the Mumbai Police in Bengaluru. So far, neither Alia nor her team has given an official statement about the matter.
