Notices were sent to actor Rhea Chakraborty, comedian Bharti Singh, and her husband, scriptwriter-TV host Haarsh Limbachiyaa, by the Delhi Police on Saturday in connection with a Rs. 500-crore app-based fraud, officials said.

The police on Thursday claimed to have busted a scam involving HiBox, a mobile app that allegedly lured people into investing money through it with the promise of high returns. A few social media influencers and YouTubers, including Elvish Yadav, Lakshay Choudhary, Adarsh Singh, Saurav Joshi, Abhishek Malhan, Purav Jha, as well as Amit and Dilraj Singh Rawat, allegedly promoted it.

The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police has sent Rhea, Bharti and Haarsh notices to join the probe next week, reported PTI. On Friday, Abhishek, Elvish, Lakshay and Purav were summoned by the police, but they did not join the investigations.

Police have received over 500 complaints alleging that many social media influencers and YouTubers promoted HiBox, which was launched in February this year. Over 30,000 people invested money in it. The main accused, Sivaram (30), a Chennai resident, has already been arrested. We reached out to Rhea’s team and Bharti, but received no response till the time of going to press.