- News>
Actress Shilpa`s father grilled for six hours by Surat police
Surat, June 06: Surendra Shetty, father of actress Shilpa Shetty, was today interrogated by police for six hours for his alleged complicity in an extortion case.
Surat, June 06: Surendra Shetty, father of actress Shilpa Shetty, was today interrogated by police for six hours for his alleged complicity in an extortion case.
In a related development, Shetty's wife and co-accused Sunanda told reporters that they were falsely implicated.
"We are being falsely implicated in this case. However, we are cooperating with Surat police in the investigations. We also have complete trust in the judiciary," she told reporters after spending two hours inside Umra police station here.
Sunanda said she had come here of her own free will after talking to her husband.
Surendra was today summoned by Umra police station as per a Gujarat High Court directive. On June two, the court had granted him interim bail on condition that he would cooperate with the investigations and attend police station whenever he was summoned. He was also asked to deposit his passport.
Shetty was interrogated for close to six hours but the officials refused to disclose the details.
The couple sped off after Sunanda gave a brief statement before the mediapersons outside the police station.
Police had filed a case against Surendra, Sunanda and underworld don Fazlu Rehman for allegedly extorting money from owner of Praful Sarees Pankaj Agarwal. According to police, Shilpa's parents had 'hired' a gangster to recover Rs 80 lakhs payable to the actress by Agarwal for acting in an ad film.
Police claim to have in their possession recorded telephonic talks between Shilpa's parents and Agarwal which indicate that he was threatened to settle the dues.
Bureau Report
"We are being falsely implicated in this case. However, we are cooperating with Surat police in the investigations. We also have complete trust in the judiciary," she told reporters after spending two hours inside Umra police station here.
Sunanda said she had come here of her own free will after talking to her husband.
Surendra was today summoned by Umra police station as per a Gujarat High Court directive. On June two, the court had granted him interim bail on condition that he would cooperate with the investigations and attend police station whenever he was summoned. He was also asked to deposit his passport.
Shetty was interrogated for close to six hours but the officials refused to disclose the details.
The couple sped off after Sunanda gave a brief statement before the mediapersons outside the police station.
Police had filed a case against Surendra, Sunanda and underworld don Fazlu Rehman for allegedly extorting money from owner of Praful Sarees Pankaj Agarwal. According to police, Shilpa's parents had 'hired' a gangster to recover Rs 80 lakhs payable to the actress by Agarwal for acting in an ad film.
Police claim to have in their possession recorded telephonic talks between Shilpa's parents and Agarwal which indicate that he was threatened to settle the dues.
Bureau Report