Bollywood actor Prashant Narayanan has been arrested and is in prison following his supposed inclusion in a cheating case, said a Kerala Police official. Speaking to IANS, Inspector A. Prathap who arrested the 50-year-old Edakkad-born on-screen character and his Bengali wife Shona, from Mumbai said them two were presently in judicial custody.

"The case pertains to cheating. The complainant is Thomas Panicker, who was the producer of a Malayalam film, in which Narayanan acted in 2017. After the film the two became close and Panicker was told that his wife's father had a company in Mumbai and if he invested in it, he would be made a Director. Panicker invested Rs 1.20 crore and after that, he came to know he was cheated. He then filed the complaint," said Prathap.

Prathap said he alongside a seven-part Kerala Police group arrived at Mumbai and after observation for three days, they figured out how to catch the actor. Both arrested have been brought to Kerala on a transit warrant. The Thalassery Additional Judicial Magistrate court allowed the legal remand of the couple till September 20.

Narayanan had finished his education from Delhi, where he ventured into the theater. It was in the mid-nineties, he made Mumbai his perpetual home and from that point forward has had no motivation to think back in his movie profession. He has acted in more than 50 movies, generally in Hindi and South Indian languages, including Malayalam. Among the prominent movies of Narayanan incorporate Shadows of Time, Murder 2 and Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II.