Faissal Khan claims Aamir Khan asked to give up his signatory rights: ‘A doctor will say you will need a guardian in front of the judge'
Aamir Khan
and
Faissal Khan
don't see eye to eye. However, after Faissal Khan's recent media interview, their feud has once again caught everyone's attention. In his recent interview, Faissal made several shocking claims, including that Aamir Khan asked him to give up his signatory rights.
Faissal Khan was asked to give up his signatory rights by Aamir Khan
Faissal Khan revealed that his family believed he was mentally ill and force-fed him medicine. After a lot of resistance from his side, Aamir Khan let him move to another house, and later, left him all alone on his own. During his interaction with Pinkvilla, Faissal added that after a couple of years, Aamir asked him to go to court and give him signatory rights.
'Aamir said, 'We want your signatory rights. To tumko kal jana hai court mein aur bolna hai ki tum kuch faisla le nahi paate ho.
Judge ke saamne ek doctor bolega aur tumhare liye ek guardian rakha jayga.' Toh tab mujhe shock hua. ('You will have to go to the court tomorrow and say that you can't make your own decisions. A doctor will say you need a guardian in front of the judge.' I was shocked to hear it)' mentioned the 'Mela' actor.
Additionally, he disclosed that he had told Aamir that he would go to court the following day, but ultimately chose to leave his house.
Faissal Khan says his family believed he was a threat to others
Faissal Khan shared that his family was sure that he was mentally challenged and was a threat to society, 'They were saying I've got schizophrenia and I'm a mad person. I can harm society.'
'I was looking at myself ki yaar main iss chakravyuh se kaise niklu. Chakravyuh ho gaya tha mere liye. Main usme fass gaya tha kyunki saari family mere khilaaf jaa rahi thi. Mujhe pagal samjh rahe the (I was looking at myself, wondering how to come out of this mess.
My whole family was against me. They thought I was mad)' he added.
The actor also said that Aamir Khan locked him in the house for a year, and he was cut off from the outside world. 'Mobile le liya, main bahar nahi jaa sakta. Bodyguard mere room ke bahar. Dawaiyan de rahe hain (took my mobile, I wasn't allowed to go out. There were bodyguards outside my room, and they were forcefully giving me medicine,' said Faissal Khan.
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