DUTT HITS BACK; SAYS NOORANI HAD HIRED GOONS TO THREATEN HIM
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PTI
The Pioneer
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Mumbai - Actor Sanjay Dutt, whose properties have been placed under
attachment by the Bombay High Court on a decree sought by film
producer Shakeel Noorani to recover dues, today hit back at the
complainant saying he had hired a goon to threaten and extort money
from him in 2008.
The response from Dutt came a day after attachment notices were
pasted on his residential and official premises in keeping with a
High Court order based on an arbitration award given by Indian Motion
Pictures Producers Association.
Dutt's lawyer Rizwan Merchant told reporters, "Noorani had in 2008
hired underworld to call Dutt to threaten him and extort money. Dutt
had then lodged a complaint with the crime branch. The investigation
was handed over to Anti-Extortion Cell which had recorded statements
of Dutt and Noorani."
The 'Munnabhai' star will soon move the High Court with two petitions
-- one appealing against the order of attachment of his two
properties and the second seeking a case to be registered against
Noorani under the stringent provisions of MCOCA, Merchant told PTI.
Merchant also questioned attachment of office of Dutt saying the
premises belonged to his wife and not him.
"Noorani has indulged in an organised crime by asking an underworld
gang to threaten and extort money from Dutt," Merchant alleged.
Reacting to the allegation, Noorani said he did not threaten Dutt and
it was the other way round. "Dutt told me if I troubled him he will
shoot me dead. Dutt still has links with the underworld.
I will now file a police complaint".
Dutt's Pali Hill residential flat was placed under attachment
yesterday while notice on his official premises at Santacruz was
pasted today. Questioning the attachment notices, Dutt's lawyer
Rizwan Merchant said, "We shall soon challenge them in the high
court".
Merchant further said that Noorani had misrepresented facts before
the court. "The office premises in Mayfair Melody building at
Santacruz is owned by Sanjay's wife Manyata. How can his wife's
property be attached?" he asked.
The high court order was passed in keeping with an arbitration award
passed by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA)
in January this year.
Noorani has claimed Rs 2.03 crore from the actor which includes Rs 50
lakh paid to him as signing amount for an under-production film 'Jaan
Ki Baazi'. He alleged that Dutt had not given dates for shooting as a
result of which the film was incomplete and he had to suffer losses
of Rs 1.53 crore.
In case of financial disputes of this nature, there is an agreement
between Cine Artists Association and IMPPA which provides for
arbitration.
The agreement empowers IMPPA to act as an arbitrator and pass an
award.
The properties mentioned in the execution order of the High Court are
his residence in Imperial Heights building at Pali Hill, Nargis Dutt
Road, Bandra and his office, Sanjay Dutt Productions, Mayfair Melody
at Tagore Road in Santacruz.
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> Dutt hits back; says Noorani had hired goons to threaten him
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> PTI
> The Pioneer
> Thursday, December 30, 2010
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> Mumbai - Actor San
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