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Cult Founder Rishabh Telang Accused of Signature Forgery in FIR

Cult Founder Rishabh Telang Accused of Signature Forgery in FIR
Cult Founder Rishabh Telang Accused Of Signature Forgery By Former Co-Founder Deepak Poduval In FIR: Report · freepressjournal.in

A man named Rishabh Telang helped start a fitness company called Cult.

Another man named Deepak Poduval helped him start it too, and the two are also family.

Now Poduval says his signature was copied without his permission.

He says those copies were used to close down the old company without telling him.

The police in Bengaluru started looking into this on August 6.

The police are checking if forgery or cheating happened.

The company that runs Cult gyms today says this case is about an old, separate company.

Rishabh Telang says the accusations are not true.

He says he has papers showing Poduval knew about the company closing.

The courts and police will decide what really happened.

Key facts

Accused
Rishabh Telang and Cult Fitness Private Limited
Complainant
Deepak Poduval, former co-founder and brother-in-law of Telang
FIR date
August 6
Police station
Bellandur Police, Bengaluru
Allegations
Forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy
Poduval's claimed stake
50% ownership
Key acquisition
Cure.fit took a majority stake in Cult in 2016
Case status
Under investigation; no findings established

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