Complaint against Sehwag in Allahabad

Allahabad, Aug 11 (PTI) A local resident has lodged a
complaint against Indian batsman Virender Sehwag and his
business partner alleging that he was not given the franchise
rights of the cricketer's restaurant despite paying more than
Rs two lakh for it.

"A complaint has reached us through a registered post
whereby Dr Rajat Sharma, an assistant professor at the CMP,
degree college has alleged that Sehwag and his partner
Siddharth were neither granting him franchise nor returning
the Rs 2.4 lakh they had accepted for the purpose," Ram Adhar,
an Inspector in Civil Lines Police Station, told PTI.

The police inspector said that Sharma, who owns a shop
inside a mall in Civil Lines, had come across a newspaper
advertisement in 2006 in which Siddharth had invited bids for
the franchise of the restaurant owned by Sehwag.

Sharma claimed he paid them Rs 2.4 lakh in a couple of
installments after which a contract for granting him the
franchise was also signed, the officer said.

However, Sharma alleges that he was not granted the
franchise even after two years. Sharma said he asked for
refund but Siddharth declined, following which he lodged the
complaint with police.

The inspector, however, made it clear that no FIR has
been registered in this connection as the matter required
"thorough investigation beforehand".

"Although the complainant lives in Allahabad and had
given the money to set up a restaurant here, the contract and
other formalities had been completed at Delhi, therefore if a
case is registered in this connection, technically it will
have to be there," he said. PTI NAC
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