Producer appears suo motu in Rizvi-Shah case

MUMBAI, JAN. 31. The film producer, Mansoor Siddiqui, today appeared before a Special Court, which ordered him to make himself available to police until February 15 for questioning in a case involving Bollywood- underworld nexus. The Special Public Prosecutor, Ms. Rohini Salian, informed that the police had not concluded interrogations in this case and desired to question Mansoor further since his name had cropped up as a passing reference in evidence placed before the court.

The producer had suo motu moved the Special Court on January 24 seeking a direction to the investigating agency to state whether he was required in this case for interrogations.

Mansoor had urged through his lawyers, Majeed Memon and Abbas Kazmi, that he had come across media reports, which said that he was an absconding accused in this case which also involves producer, Nasim Rizvi and financier, Bharat Shah. Mansoor denied links with the underworld.

- PTI

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