Just hours after news broke of Alia Bhatt’s former Personal Assistant, Vedika Prakash Shetty, being arrested for alleged money theft, Urvashi Rautela’s mother has stepped forward with her own claims of significant financial losses due at the hands of Shetty.
Meera Rautela asserts that Shetty also worked with Urvashi between 2015 and 2017, and during this period, she “engaged in multiple acts of theft and deceit”.
Urvashi’s mother elaborated on Shetty’s alleged actions, stating, “Vedika Shetty was employed as a 24/7 executive assistant to my daughter during 2015-2017. She was hired to assist Urvashi during her reign after returning from Miss Universe in Las Vegas and subsequently during the handover of Miss Universe India crown in 2016. At this time, she was entrusted with various responsibilities, starting from Urvashi’s wardrobe, heavy gowns and personal belongings. However, soon we realised that she had engaged in multiple acts of theft and deceit which caused a great deal of financial loss to the family.”
Meera Urvashi Rautela further alleged a specific incident in 2016 where Vedika supposedly stole a “significant amount of money” from Urvashi’s grandmother. She explained, “During the Miss Universe India crown handover ceremony in 2016, my mother traveled from Nainital to our residence in Mumbai to attend the event. While she was staying at our home, Vedika Shetty, who had access to our house as Urvashi’s assistant stole a significant amount of money (amounting to lakhs of rupees) from my mother’s briefcase. This incident occurred when my mother was temporarily away from her belongings during her visit to the doctor and Vedika took advantage of her absence to commit the theft.”
The unfolding allegations paint a troubling picture of financial misconduct spanning across different celebrity households.
