Overview

• Shetty was arrested at her sister’s Bengaluru residence and sent to Mumbai courts this week for a 14-day remand order.
• A forensic audit found nearly ₹76.9 lakh diverted from Bhatt’s personal and Eternal Sunshine Productions accounts via forged invoices between May 2022 and March 2024.
• Authorities have named five alleged money recipients—Satvik Sahu, Simi John, Shashank Pandey, Chandni Jitendra Prasad Dixit and Manish Sukhij—among others.
• Investigators allege Shetty shared sensitive materials, including film scripts, production schedules and travel plans, with an unidentified US individual contacted in December 2023.
• Juhu and Mumbai Police have registered charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating while cybercrime units and international partners work to map the full extent of the fraud.