Vedika Prakash Shetty

Some Lesser-Known Facts About Vedika Prakash Shetty

• Vedika Prakash Shetty worked as Indian actress Alia Bhatt‘s personal assistant from 2021 to 2024.

• During this time, she handled Alia’s schedule, banking, documents, payments, and other personal work.

• In 2025, Vedika Shetty was accused of cheating Alia Bhatt and her company, Eternal Sunshine Productions Private Limited, out of Rs. 76.9 lakh from 2022 to 2025.

• Reportedly, the fraud involved money taken from both Alia’s personal bank accounts and her production company’s funds.

• The fraud came to notice when Alia Bhatt got a bill from Vedika for an event payment.

• While checking, Alia saw some irregular financial transactions worth about Rs. 76,000 in the bill.

• When she asked Vedika about it, Vedika sent her a bill on WhatsApp and said that it was for a party expense. Alia found mistakes in the bill and got suspicious.

• Alia then called the person named on the bill to confirm and found out that he was a friend of Vedika’s, not an event organiser. This made Alia more doubtful about Vedika.

  

• Alia’s company then asked Deloitte to audit all their financial records.

• Deloitte conducted an audit from May 2022 (when Shetty joined) to August 2024.

• The audit found many financial irregularities, and soon a report was submitted to Alia Bhatt’s company.

• Earlier, in October 2022, Vedika Shetty was caught making some financial mistakes and admitted her errors. She was then given another chance after apologising.

• However, the audit showed that she continued the fraud even after that. So, Alia and her company decided to file criminal charges against her.

• Alia Bhatt’s mother, Soni Razdan, filed a police complaint against Vedika Prakash Shetty on 23 January 2025, for financial fraud.

• The Juhu Police registered a case on charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust.

• After the complaint, Vedika Shetty went missing and kept changing her location, from Rajasthan to Karnataka, then Pune, and Bengaluru.

• She was arrested in Bengaluru after five months and brought to Mumbai by the police.

• According to the police, the fraud was carried out between 2023 and 2025. Vedika Shetty made many fake bills and got them signed by Alia Bhatt, claiming they were work-related expenses.

• She used advanced software to make fake invoices look real. She sent the stolen money through a friend’s bank account to hide it.

• During the investigation, police found that Vedika Shetty used the stolen money to buy expensive items. These included an iPhone, an iPad, a television, a refrigerator, an air fryer, and other electronics.

• On 9 July 2025, Meera Rautela, mother of Indian actress Urvashi Rautela, told the media that Vedika Shetty caused huge financial damage to their family when Shetty worked with Urvashi from 2015 to 2017. Meera claimed that during that time, Shetty was involved in many acts of stealing and cheating. ^[2]News18