It has been revealed that Rs 40 lakh in cash was stolen from Bollywood’s famous music composer Pritam Chakraborty. This money was looted by his employee Ashish Sial.
The police have registered an FIR against Sial on February 5, 2025 and have also issued a lookout notice.
The incident took place on February 4, 2025 at Pritam’s studio located west of Goregaon, where Ashish Sial stole a bag containing Rs 40 lakh in cash sent to Pritam by producer Madhu Mantina.
Sial had stolen the bag and kept it in the drawer of Chakraborty’s manager Vineet Cheda and promised to deliver it to his former residence.
According to Pritam Chakraborty’s manager Vineet Cheda, he waited all night for Sial to return the bag, as he had been working with him for seven years. When Sial did not return the bag, the music composer decided to contact the police.
Pritam Chakraborty was awarded the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 2024 for “Brahmastra: Part One: Shiva”. The award was presented to him by President Draupadi Murmu at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony in Delhi.
Pritam Chakraborty will soon work as the music director in Salman Khan’s film “Sikander”.
