Dubai woman trespasses into actor's home, arrested
Mumbai: A 47-year-old Dubai resident, Gajala Siddiqui, has been arrested for trespassing into actor
's Bandra flat on Monday. Siddiqui, who claimed to be acquainted with Kapur, arrived at his Rizvi Heights home directly from the airport with gifts and clothes, and refused to leave without meeting him.
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The drama lasted 90 minutes before the actor's manager and Khar police were alerted.
The incident comes just a week after two similar trespass incidents at actor Salman Khan's Bandra residence.
"Siddiqui claimed she has known Kapur for long, but his staff said he denied any knowledge of her. A probe is on to find the purpose of her visit," a police officer said. Siddiqui is said to have entered Kapur's flat after persuading his house help, Sangita Pawar (49).
In her complaint, Pawar said: "I was alone when a woman arrived at 6pm asking if it was Aditya Roy Kapur's home. When I confirmed it, she claimed she was an acquaintance and had brought clothes and gifts for him.
Believing her, I let her in and informed her that he was out for a shoot."
Upon Kapur's return, he was informed about the visitor, but the actor said he did not know her. "The woman tried to approach Kapur, prompting him to leave the house and contact society manager Jayashree Dunkdu, who then informed his manager Shruti Rao, who reached the flat and contacted Khar police.
When I asked the woman to leave, she refused," the FIR quotes Pawar as saying.
By then Khar police arrived and took Siddiqui into custody. She avoided answering questions about the purpose of her visit to the actor's residence nor did she provide any information about her contacts/relatives in the city, police said.
"Siddiqui took a cab to Bandra (W) immediately after exiting the airport. We confirmed that she is from Dubai through her passport and the documents she had with her. She did not have a mobile phone which could have helped get in touch with her family members or relatives, if any, in Mumbai." Siddiqui was served a notice for house-trespass or house-breaking under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 331 (2), which attracts up to two years' imprisonment.
On Tuesday, she was produced before the Bandra court.
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