Pune, June 19: Hindi and Marathi actor-director Milind Ganesh Dastane and his wife Sayali have been arrested for allegedly cheating a Pune jeweller of Rs 25.6 lakh, police said here on Wednesday. The arrest was made on Tuesday evening following a complaint lodged by P.N. Gadgil Jewelers in Chaturshrungi police station last week, a police official said. Amitabh Bachchan to Make a Special Appearance in Vikram Gokhale’s Marathi Film;AB Ani CD;

According to the jeweller, around a year ago, the Dastane couple had purchased on credit diamond, gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 25.6 lakh and promised to make the payment after disposing off their property in Dombivali in Thane. But even after a year when the couple did not make the payment, the jeweller filed a complaint. The couple was produced before a magistrate who has remanded them to police custody till June 21, the official said. Milind Dastane is currently seen in the Marathi teleserial Tujhyat Jeev Ranga on Zee Marathi channel. Amitabh Bachchan Starrer Jhund With Sairat Director Nagraj Manjule to Release on September 20, 2019

He has earlier featured in Bollywood and Marathi films like Khakee, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Halla Bol, Majhi Baiko, Majhi Mehuni, Lagna Mubarak and Bola Alakh Niranjan and directed the film Hichyasathi Kay Pan (2018). His upcoming film is Shahid Bhai 

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