Sunanda Shetty held a press conference on June 5 where she denied that the family had underworld connections and that the whole fracas was a “plot to tarnish the image of my daughter.” She further said that she was “definitely innocent” of the charges and was falsely implicated by Agarwal after he had failed to fully reimburse Shilpa for her work. On June 13 it was reported that Surendra had confessed to establishing contact with associates of Fazl-ur-Rehman, leader of the Mumbai gang, after being interrogated by police. A contradictory story surfaced that, although the Shettys’ driver, Dilip Pashekar, admitted to introducing Surendra with Rehman’s associates, Surendra continued to deny that any links were forged. A senior police official confirmed that Surendra had “vehemently denied” his links even though he and Pashekar were interrogated side by side. Shetty’s lawyer later clarified that the reports of confessing to mafia links were false. 

También podría interesarte: