Court summons 3 witnesses in Mallika Sherawat case

Mumbai, Feb 12 : A local court has directed three witnesses to record statement in actress Mallika Sherawat's obscene performance case of December 31, 2006.

Metropolitan Magistrate G Wankhade at Bandra court has examined the evidence presented by the complainant Vinod Jain, a social worker.

Mr Wankhade has issued summons to Praveen Gala, Avinash Jain and Halim Qureshi, three witness in the case to appear before the court and record the statement on March 1. After recording the statement of witnesses, the court is likely to issue summons to Mallika Sherawat.

The complainant in his petition stated that Mallika Sherawat performed in a skinny dress on New Year's eve in 2006 at a five star hotel. He claimed that he will bolster his case with a CD.

He had gone to Santa Cruz police to file the complaint against Mallika on January 4, last year. But police refused to register the complaint against her. Thereafter, he had approached court and filed a fresh case against her on December 1, last year at the Bandra court.

UNI