Actors Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone booked in Bharatpur — over a ‘faulty car’

The FIR at Bharatpur’s Mathura Gate police station has been lodged under sections for cheating, criminal breach of trust, and criminal conspiracy against Khan and Padukone, too, as they were “brand ambassadors,” Singh said.

He said that at the time of the purchase, the Hyundai car dealers in Sonipat told him to drive the car and that he wouldn’t face any issues, and that if he did, they would be responsible.

“However, after a while, the car started developing technical faults. The main technical default is that if we accelerate while driving or want to overtake, the car starts vibrating, but its speed doesn’t increase, and the engine management system shows a malfunction. This has put the life of the complainant and his family in jeopardy several times,” Singh has alleged, as per the FIR.

When he approached the dealers concerned, they said that this is a manufacturing defect by the Hyundai company and that this cannot be rectified at all.

He said that they suggested a measure to partially address the issue temporarily, but that the issue kept repeating more and more frequently. He said that this has risked his life and that of his family, and that this is also causing an additional financial burden on him.

Singh said that when he told the dealership about it and asked them to resolve the issue or replace the car, they declined.

Accusing them of cheating and conspiracy, Singh said that they already knew about the fault, but that they hid it from him.

He said that the whole episode has left him with a heavy financial, physical and mental burden and that he is still paying the car loan, and hence decided to lodge a complaint.