Former India captain MS Dhoni has approached the Supreme Court against real estate company Amrapali group and sought the apex court’s intervention to get Rs 40 crore from the group for using his services for branding and marketing activities for six years.
Dhoni in his appeal to the Supreme Court has asked for certain land parcels of the Amrapali group to be earmarked for him to protect his interests. Dhoni’s plea comes after 46,000 plus homebuyers filed petitions against the Amrapali group for duping them into paying for their flats but not delivering them.
n 2009, Dhoni had entered into multiple agreements with Amrapali to promote the group and granted exclusive rights to the builder to use his endorsement in marketing and public relations activities. He remained associated with the group until 2016 after duped homebuyers launched a social media campaign against the cricketer for promoting the “fraudulent” company. Dhoni’s wife Sakshi was also associated with charity operations of the Amrapali group.
The Supreme Court had on February 28 sent its Amrapali Group’s Chairman and Managing Director Anil Sharma and two directors — Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar — to police custody for interrogation.
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