New Delhi: Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, who has accused her former boyfriend Ness Wadia of manhandling, abusing and threatening her last month, arrived at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday to record her statement. According to latest reports, Zinta has already started giving her statement to the police in this case. In her written complaint to police, Zinta had claimed, “I left for my seat, but he came up to me at my seat and started screaming and abusing me in front of everyone.”
Investigators have indicated that Wadia would be called for questioning only after Zinta’s statement is recorded.
Several players of Kings XI Punjab, its support staff and officials at Wankhede Stadium claim to have been present when the alleged incident took place.
Based on the complaint, Marine Drive Police registered an FIR against Wadia under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC.
The police have so far recorded the statements of seven persons, including Indian Premier League COO Sundar Raman and BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel, in connection with the case.
Meanwhile, the Crime Branch is probing the alleged threat phone calls and a text message received by two personal secretaries of Wadia Group on June 16 from a man claiming to be fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari. The caller allegedly warned that their “business will be in trouble” if the actress was harassed.
