MUMBAI: Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta has been booked on charges of cheating and forgery by allegedly misusing the name of Mumbai Police Commissioner‘s Office in the invitation card sent for the press conference to announce the launch of his forthcoming film Shootout at Wadala that was held at the Mehboob Studios.

The invites sent by Gupta for the launch of Shootout at Wadala carried the rubber stamp of the Mumbai Police. The police chief would be present at the event and would also brief the media on the current status of crime in the city, the invitation read.

Shootout at Wadala is based on the first-ever registered encounter by Mumbai police who shot dead gangster Manya Surve at Wadala in 1990s.

"Sanjay Gupta, Balaji Motion Pictures (Producer) and Glamsham.com (Bollywood movie portal) were booked for cheating and forgery as they misused the name of the office of the Mumbai Police Commissioner by using the rubber stamp of police to promote their film," senior inspector at Versova Police station has been reported to have said.