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Adequate
security for "Chori Chori"
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PTI
MUMBAI:
Police was maintaining a strict vigilat city theatres in view
of the release of controversial film "Chori Chori Chupke
Chupke" today even as its producer Nasim Rizvi and financier
Bharat Shah were brought to a special court in a case of alleged
nexus with the underworld.
Rizvi's
assistant Abdul Rahim Allah Baksh would also be produced in
the afternoon before designated judge A P Bhangale who shall
remand him, Rizvi and Shah to judicial custody for a further
period.
The chargesheet,
running into 1200 pages, is ready. The investigating officer
came to the court along with its copies. It would be filed
this afternoon. The chargesheet contains statements of about
90 witnesses, including Bollywood personalities.
As a precautionary
measure, adequate security was being maintained at theatres
screening the film in view of reports of alleged threat given
by organisations who objected to its release on the ground
that it was financed by the underworld.
Rizvi
and Shah had individually staked their claim on the film saying
they were entitled to release it. The police had opposed the
release until the trial in this case was over.
The court,
however, appointed well known distributor Santosh Singh Jain
as the court receiver to release the film worldwide and collect
the proceeds thereof. At the end of the trial, the money would
be handed over to the real claimant.
So far,
the court receiver has collected Rs. 10.5 crore inaddition
to Rs. 4.5 crore earned by Shah in the under production stage.
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