Popular character actor Prashanth Naryanan has acted in the Tamil film 'Nedunchalai' in the powerful antagonist role Maasamani. The Kerala born fifty-year-old 'Murder 2' actor and his wife Sona Chakravarthy have been arrested by the Kerala police on Saturday in a cheating case.

It is alleged that Prashanth acted in a Malayalam film 'Cinemakkaran' and became close to the producer Thomas Panicker. He had then made a business proposition to Thomas stating that with an investment of rupees 1.2 Crores he would be made the director of a multinational company Intec Images Private Limited.

After reportedly paying up the sum in two installments Thomas Panicker was shocked to find that the said company did not exist and hence rushed to the Mumbai residence of Prashanth and demanded his money back. The actor and his wife failed to pay up and the victim lodged a police complaint with the Thalacherry police who took action and made the arrests.