B Vijaya Rani, who acted in various serials and movies, started illegal chit business and suffered losses and to overcome the financial needs she took loans at higher interest rates from financers and unable to repay the chit amounts to chit holders she suddenly disappeared, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detective Department) G Pala Raju told reporters.
However, Rani who was produced before the media along with other accused, claimed that she had not cheated anyone. "I myself was cheated. I don't have a penny even to feed myself," she asserted in tears.
Earlier, victims had alleged that the woman artiste made payments during initial months, but failed to pay depositors for the past five months, after which she went absconding in mid-March.