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Distributors slam CM, Patil

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FEAR PERSISTS: Police guard a multiplex on Thursday

Prafulla Marpakwar | TNN (THE TIMES OF INDIA; February 12, 2010)

Mumbai: Amid uncertainty over the release of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer My Name Is Khan, both chief minister Ashok Chavan and home minister R R Patil were at the receiving end for their inept handling of the issue.

While Chavan and Patil on Thursday claimed they were helpless as distributors backtracked, theatre owners blamed it on both the chief minister and home minister saying they would not screen the film as they had lost confidence in the government. “Instead of initiating a dialogue with Uddhav Thackeray, Chavan was threatening to withdraw security cover provided to the Thackerays. The inept handling left us with no option but to postpone the release,’’ a leading theatre owner said.

Defending himself, the CM said, “The role of my government is limited. If the film producer is keen on releasing the film on Friday as scheduled, my responsibility is to provide adequate security cover. My government has done so but now it appears the producers are in two minds on screening the film on Friday. Yet, we will ensure its safe release if they screen the film,’’ Chavan said.

R R Patil expressed his strong displeasure over the decision of theatre owners and film producers to postpone the screening of the film. “They had asked for more security and stringent action against Sena activists. We deployed police officials all over the metropolis, arrested over 3,000 Sena More >

Shiney Ahuja charge-sheeted in rape case

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3 years ago
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Vijay V Singh | TNN (THE TIMES OF INDIA; August 13, 2009)

Mumbai: The police have filed a 109-page charge sheet against Shiney Ahuja on Tuesday, charging him with rape, wrongful confinement and threatening his maidservant at his residence in Lokhandawla on June 14.

Ahuja has been remanded to judicial custody till August 13. The sessions court earlier rejected his bail plea, saying there was prima facie evidence to show that a serious offence had been committed.

The charge sheet contained medical and forensic reports and statements of the witnesses, including those who helped the maid to file a complaint at the Oshiwara police station.

The police also recorded the statement of the victim and a witness before the magistrate to strengthen the case and their statements were part of the charge sheet. Additional commissioner of police (west region) Amitabh Gupta confirmed the development.

The maid had told the police that Ahuja called her into his room on June 14, saying he needed water. He then locked the room and raped her.

The actor also locked her inside the room for a few hours before allowing her to leave the flat, she had ‘alleged’. She came to the ground floor in one of the lifts where some witnesses saw her crying and she narrated the entire episode to them. Medical reports indicated that the actor had intercourse with the victim, officials said, adding that her statement was supported by circumstantial evidence. Forensic experts retrieved semen stains More >

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