Overview
- Ratibad police in Bhopal registered an FIR on June 29 after the family cook, identified in media as Vipendra Singh Tomar, alleged verbal abuse, assault and wrongful confinement at the Singh residence.
- On July 12 Shashank Singh publicly denied the allegations and said the FIR was a fabricated extortion attempt, reporting anonymous calls that demanded sums reported as Rs 5 lakh and Rs 7–7.5 lakh to withdraw the case.
- The Singh family says a police check showed the cook had multiple prior FIRs and charge‑sheets under different names, which they say indicates the complaint may have been pre‑planned.
- Shashank also says he filed a separate police complaint about the theft of two silver Ganesh idols, submitted CCTV footage on July 1, and has complained of little visible progress in that probe.
- Both the cook’s FIR and the family’s counter‑allegations remain under police investigation with no court ruling yet, and the episode has prompted calls for stricter background checks and clearer police verification before registration of sensitive complaints.