Mumbai: A new fraud involving actress Sunny Leone has come to light in Chhattisgarh. A person has been enjoying the benefits of the state’s welfare scheme, Mahtari Vandan Yojana, using the actress’s name to get Rs 1000 per month from the state government.

As per media reports, the fraud was uncovered in Talur village, located in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region. A man used Sunny’s name to receive the amount, as the scheme only transfers the money to married women.

Virendra Joshi, who used the name of adult film actor Johnny Sins, is reportedly the man behind the fraud. A case has been filed against him.

The scheme was introduced by the BJP government. The fraud related to the scheme came to light after an RTI filing, which led to the scanning of the Mahatari Vandan Yojana website, thereby filtering out details of a beneficiary registered with the name Sunny Leone and her husband mentioned as Johnny Sins.

The documents from the fraudster were received at the Anganwadi level in the Bastar district to become a beneficiary of the scheme. The file was “verified” by Anganwadi and another supervisor. It also stated that the person received the beneficiary amount for ten months, from March to December.

In a social media post, the state Congress president, Deepak Baij, accused the BJP of favouring their supporters through the scheme. He wrote on X, formerly Twitter, “Mahtari Vandan money is going to BJP’s favourites in the name of Sunny Leone”.

Sunny Leone is yet to comment on the matter.

Meanwhile, Sunny, who last hosted the dating reality show MTV Splitsvilla X5, renewed her wedding vows with her husband, Daniel Weber, after 13 years of marriage. The couple renewed their vows at an intimate ceremony in the Maldives on October 31. They were joined by their children, Nisha, Noah, and Asher.

A source close to the couple had shared that the couple had wanted to renew their vows for quite some time but waited until their children were old enough to understand the significance of the occasion.

 

 

 

 

 

–IANS