Mumbai: Actor Deepak Tijori filed a complaint with the Amboli police alleging that he was duped of Rs 2.60 crore by a producer who joined him to co-produce a thriller movie. An FIR was registered on March 15 against Mohaan Nadaar who signed the contract to co-produce the film.

The case was registered based on the written complaint that Tijori had filed 10 days ago after he did not receive money from Nadaar who siphoned off on the pretext of using it for the shoot location.

"The actor and the accused had signed the contract in 2019 for the movie Tipppsy. The accused did not pay the money and the cheque issued to him kept getting bounced. We are probing the case, and no arrest has been made so far," said Amboli police senior inspector Bandopant Bansode. Tijori did not respond to TOI's calls and text messages on Sunday.

In the complaint, Tijori said: "Nadaar took the money to pay for the location in London in September 2019. The money was paid after he promised to return, but he kept giving excuses and the cheques kept bouncing."

Tijori in the FIR said Tipppsy's shoot commenced in September 2019 in London. But Nadaar did not complete the project and incurred a loss of Rs. 2.60 crore. TOI is in possession of the FIR.