Mumbai: Bandra-Kurla Complex police recently registered a first information report (FIR) against actress Shweta Tiwari for allegedly getting a fake British visa.

The case was registered a week ago after police received a compliant from the British consulate.

A probe is on but no arrest has been made till date, police said. A case of cheating and forgery has been registered under various Indian Penal Code sections. The FIR was registered recently after the consulate received a tip-off from the actress’ second husband, Anubhav Kohli.

A police officer said the actress and her husband were not on good terms and she had sought a divorce. The actress had lodged a domestic violence complaint against her husband in 2019.

Shweta is a film and TV actress known for her roles in serials and had participated in reality shows, two of which she won.

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Mumbai: A sessions court on Friday granted interim relief to actor Shweta Tiwari after she filed an anticipatory bail plea in a forgery case.

Tiwari’s estranged husband, Abhinav Kohli, lodged a complaint that she had forged his “no-objection” certificate while applying for a British visa for their then one-year-old son in 2017.

The visa application was subsequently rejected. Tiwari’s plea, argued by advocate Hrishikesh Mundargi, said an FIR was lodged by Kohli to wreck vengeance on her and out of sheer spite and personal vendetta.

“A prima facie perusal of allegations in the FIR does not make out any of the offences or warrant custodial interrogation of the applicant,” the anticipatory bail plea said. The court said her immediate custodial interrogation was not necessary as the alleged forgery was committed “long back in 2017” and since then it was known to Kohli.

“The applicant can be protected from arrest as of now. Call for reply,” the sessions court said.