Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav has been sentenced to three months imprisonment after failing to repay a loan of INR50 million.

During a hearing on Friday, the Delhi High Court sent Bollywood actor-comedian Rajpal Yadav to jail for three months for failing to repay a loan of Rs 5 crore taken by his company to make a movie. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw ordered that Yadav should be taken into custody and kept in the Tihar Jail, Hindustan Times reported.

Though counsel for Yadav, Advocate Surat Singh sought more time and expressed willingness to submit the papers of an immovable property as assurance but the Indian court didn’t provide him the relief as he had dodged the verdict for a very long time.

The actor and his wife Radha reportedly took a loan amounting to INR50 million for their directorial venture ‘Ata Pata Laapata’, which they have not repaid till date and now the action against the same has been taken.

As per a Tweet by ANI, Yadav is under police custody already. The tweet reads, “Actor Rajpal Yadav sentenced to 3-month civil prison and was immediately taken into custody by Delhi Police”.

‘Ata Pata Laapata’ released in 2012, the film was Rajpal Yadav's directorial debut and the actor himself played the lead role in it.