Chennai: The city police arrested a man who is alleged to have cheated actor Senthil of Rs 15 lakh.
According to sources, the man identified as Sahayaraj (52) was arrested by Virugambakkam police for not paying the rent for a bungalow owned by Senthil.
Sahayaraj had rented the 10-bed room bungalow located at Saligramam from Senthil. As per the contract, he rented the place in January 2018 on a 11-month contract. Sahayaraj had paid an advance of Rs 15 lakh and agreed to pay Rs 2.6 lakh as rent each month.
However, he had allegedly not been paying the rent for the past six months. Senthil recently visited the bungalow and found that Sahayraj had sub-let the house to seven other persons.
Subsequently, he filed a complaint with Assistant Commissioner of police, T Nagar, Ashok Kumar.
Following this, Virugambakkam Crime Inspector, Nandini registered an FIR and conducted an inquiry. Sahayaraj is now in police custody.