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Goa Police File FIR Against Puja Banerjee, Kunal Verma in Shyam Sunder Dey Kidnapping Case

His wife filed the report after he was held captive for four days in Goa, threatened with a false drug case over a demanded ₹64 lakh

Puja Banerjee and Kunal Verma allegedly received over ₹20 lakh from Bengali film producer Shyam Sunder Dey.
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Overview

  • Shyam Sunder Dey alleges he was intercepted by a black Jaguar in Goa on June 1 and held at Amber Villa until his rescue on June 4.
  • Malabika Dey’s complaint states that the couple and associate Piyush Kothari demanded ₹64 lakh and secured ₹23 lakh under threat of a false drug case.
  • Dey claims Kunal Verma and others physically assaulted him in Puja Banerjee’s presence during his confinement.
  • The Goa Police lodged an FIR on June 14 under eight sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including abduction, extortion and criminal intimidation.
  • Neither Puja Banerjee nor Kunal Verma has publicly responded to the extortion and kidnapping allegations.