Shiney has been framed up, says wife
Anupam Ahuja, the wife of Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja who is in police custody on the charge of raping his teenaged maid, maintains he has been framed up.
Published: Thursday,Jun 18, 2009 12:47 PM GMT-06:00
Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja's wife Anupam
Wednesday said he was being framed in the rape case involving his
domestic help and added she had no qualms in saying she is 'Mrs. Shiney
Ahuja'.
Maintaining that she would not speculate or the motives, she said: 'But it is hundred percent a frame-up.
'I don't know why he is being framed up, maybe because he is a
celebrity or because he is a soft target,' said Anupam who has known
Shiney for 15 years.
'The police are doing their duty and the matter has to be proved in the
court of law. I am confident that the truth will come out in the court
soon,' she added.
Rubbishing media reports that Shiney had confessed to raping his
teenaged maid, Anupam said this was a wild speculation without basis.
'What will you believe? Every day there are different versions of the
same thing. But truth has only one version. Truth is universal and it
cannot have multiple versions. The truth is that my husband is
absolutely innocent, and truth will win,' Anupam said.
After the maid complained to police Sunday evening and Shiney was
detained, both of them have undergone medical tests in a government
hospital. On Wednesday, DNA samples taken by forensic experts from
clothes and other personal belongings of the actor and the victim were
sent for tests.
When asked about the medical reports of the victim which allegedly
confirmed that the teenage girl had been raped, Anupam said: 'Nobody
has seen medical reports. Let the court decide. They (police) are doing
their job and I don't have any problem with them. I have full faith in
our judicial system and I am hundred percent sure that Shiney will walk
out innocent.'
Aked if she had met the actor in the Andheri police station lock-up,
Anupam said she did not need to meet him to know the truth.
'Yes, I have seen him in court, I looked in his eyes and I knew the
truth. I don't have to meet him to know what he said. There is a legal
system and through proper channels I have learnt that he has not
confessed.'
To a question, Anupam said she is proud to be Shiney's wife and that he
has been a good husband, good father and a good life partner.
'I am not a girl in love with him blindly, I know him for 15 years, he
has no vices... doesn't drink or smoke and comes home regularly,' she
said.
Shiney was arrested Sunday night on charges of raping his domestic help and remanded to police custody till June 18.
The victim had been working with him for the past one year. She has accused him of repeatedly raping her.
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