Virendra Sehwag’s brother Vinod arrested in cheque bounce case, claims he’s no involved with the firm

On Thursday, Chandigarh Police detained Vinod Sehwag, the brother of former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, in relation to a case involving a bounced cheque. His arrest follows a 2023 ruling by a local court designating him and two other individuals as designated offenders for repeatedly neglecting to show up for hearings pertaining to dishonoured checks made out to Krishan Mohan Khanna, the owner of Shree Naina Plastics.

Advocate Vikas Sagar claims that in 2018, the complainant’s representative, Xalta Food and Beverages, purchased supplies from Shree Naina Plastics valued at ₹7 crore. Seven separate checks totalling ₹1 crore each were issued by the corporation as payment. All checks, however, bounced because the funds were flawed. Despite numerous follow-ups, the business was unable to pay its debts within the allotted time. Khanna consequently submitted a legal letter requesting payment within 15 days, but nothing was done.

This prompted Khanna to formally complain about Xalta Food and Beverages and its three directors, Vishnu Mittal, Sudhir Malhotra, and Vinod Sehwag.

All three were paged as accused by the lower court last year. Vinod Sehwag, however, contested this judgement at the sessions court, claiming that he shouldn’t have been listed in the lawsuit because he wasn’t a director or an employee of the business.

At his bail hearing, Sehwag’s attorney claimed that his client was exercising his legal rights and wasn’t purposefully avoiding the court system. He further told the court that Sehwag had asked the Supreme Court to look into other instances against him involving bounced checks. Sehwag asked for regular bail, stating that the other accused had already obtained it, and stated that he was willing to attend all planned court appearances.

The following hearing is set for March 10 by the court.