Chikki Panday

Aloke Sharad Pandey (born 13 November 1966), better known as Chikki Pandey, is an Indian businessman based in Mumbai.

He, along with Ranjeet Deshmukh, co-founded the 'Akshara Foundation of Arts & Learning' which works towards providing education to under privileged children.

Chikki Panday is the brother of actor Chunky Pandey and is married to Deanne Pandey and has two children daughter Alanna Panday (b.16 August 1995) and son Ahaan Panday (b. 23 December 1997).

According to an article by Telegraph India, Chikki is known to have close relationships with Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan, who reportedly had a distant relationship for several years.

The reconciliation between the two actors is noted to have taken place at an iftar party hosted by Congress politician Baba Siddiqui in 2013, during which Chikki was reported to have played a notable role in the events surrounding their reconciliation.

In November 2021, Chikki was summoned by Mumbai Police in the concluded Narcotics Control Bureau's cruise drug bust case involving Aryan Khan.

As part of the Special Investigation Team's probe into extortion allegations, Chikki Pandey reportedly provided contact details of Shah Rukh Khan's manager, Pooja Dadlani.

However, Chikki did not turn up before the SIT, citing Covid-19.

He was summoned based on a statement by Sam D'Souza, who alleged that Chikki had come to Lower Parel with a bag of money.