Shilpa`s father gets his passport back

Surat: A local court here today ordered to hand over passport to Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty`s father Surender Shetty, an accused in a 2003 extortion case, for four months. Shetty has appealed court to release his passport, which is in court`s custody, as he needed to travel abroad for his daughter`s marriage and for some business trips.

Sessions judge VR Vyas ordered to hand over passport to Shetty on a personal bond of Rs 2.5 lakh and asked him to submit it back to the court on January 1, 2010. A Surat based businessman, Shivnarayan Agarwal had filed a case of extortion against Shetty and his wife Sunanda after he allegedly received threats from underworld don Fazl-Ur-Rehman and his aides asking him to pay the money he owed to Shilpa of an advertisement contract. Bureau Report