Actor Preity Zinta gives police photos of hand injuries
"These four photographs, which show bruises on Zinta's hand, were received by us today. We are examining the photographs, which will be crucial pieces of evidence in the case," a police officer involved in the probe said.
Meanwhile, the Wadia group today wrote to Marine Drive police giving details of the witnesses whose statements they want to be recorded in connection with the case.
"We had contact details of a few of the nine witnesses whose names had been shared with us by Wadia on July 2. Today we received contact details of the rest from the Wadias,"the officer said.
Wadia's letter to the investigating officer at Marine Drive Police station sent on July 2 had names of Serieka Lal, Loretta Joseph, Pooja Dadlani, Anneline Adams, Farah Oomerbhoy, Sweetie Burman, Kamlesh Shah, Rayaan Mustapha and Sharat Nath as witnesses.
Contact details of the witnesses were sent to the police after they faced difficulty in locating them only on the basis of their names.
In
her
complaint
to
police
on
June
12,
Zinta
had
accused
Wadia
of
molesting,
abusing
and
threatening
her
during
an
IPL
match
between
Kings
XI
Punjab
and
Chennai
Super
Kings
on
May
30
at
Wankhede
stadium.
Wadia
and
Zinta
continue
to
co-own
Kings
XI
Punjab
team
despite
their
estrangement.
Zinta
had
alleged
that
Wadia
yelled
at
her
and
abused
her
before
"grabbing
my
arm
and
pulling
me".
The
photos
were
apparently
given
to
the
police
to
substantiate
the
charge.
Wadia
has
denied
allegations
against
him
as
"false".
Marine Drive Police had registered an FIR against Wadia under IPC 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).
Police have so far recorded statements of 12 witnesses named by Zinta including IPL Chief Operating Officer Sundar Raman, BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel and Chief Operating Officer of Kings XI Punjab Fraser Castellino.
PTI