Mumbai Police has recorded statements of two persons in connection with the alleged molestation of Preity Zinta by her former boyfriend and industrialist Ness Wadia, but is unable to reach the Bollywood actor as she is out of the country.
“Statements of two persons, who were at the Garware pavilion in Wankhede stadium on May 30 when the alleged public spat between Zinta and Wadia broke out, were recorded last night,” a police official involved in the probe said.
However, police did not reveal the identity of the two persons and remained tight-lipped on what emerged in their statements.
Preity filed a written complaint following which an FIR was registered 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 the peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman).
The CCTV footage recovered by the police, shows Preity and Ness embroiled in an argument. According to the sources, the reason behind the tiff surfaced after Ness’s mother had to wait for almost 20 minutes in the stand for the seat booked for her, which was already occupied by Preity’s friends.
The incident supposedly took place on May 30 during an IPl match at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. From the video, it is evident that there was clearly a heated argument between the two, but whether or not Ness used abusive words against Preity, is yet to come to light.
The police will now examine the CCTV footage closely, and look from each and every angle possible to extract the truth. Whether or not Ness will be arrested depends purely now on the raw footage of the event, and action against the businessman will be taken only after proper cross-examination of facts and truths.