Chennai, July 3 (IANS) In a sudden development, Sun TV’s managing director Hans Raj Saxena was arrested here Sunday in a cheating case.
According to police, Saxena, who was coming from Hyderabad by an evening Air India flight, was arrested by the Central Crime Branch wing of the city police on his arrival.
He was taken to Adyar police station for questioning.
The arrest follows a complaint by film-maker Selvaraj alleging that Saxena cheated him of Rs.9 million.
Selvaraj is the producer of Tamil film ‘Theeradha Vilayattu Pillai’.
Saxena was also in the news recently when the owners of a three star hotel in the city alleged that he was the brain behind an attack on the hotel.
The flagship channel of the Chennai-based Sun Network, Sun TV is owned by Kalanithi Maran, brother of DMK leader and union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran.
