Actress Chrisann Pereira returns to India; cleared of all charges in drug case

The actress will be meeting the Mumbai police commissioner at 11:30 am, sources told this reporter. File photo

Actress Chrisann Pereira, who was wrongly implicated in a drug case, returned to India on Thursday, August 3. Last night, she was released by the Sharjah jail authorities after a thorough investigation conducted by the Mumbai Crime Branch that confirmed her innocence.

The actress will be meeting the Mumbai police commissioner at 11:30 am, sources told this reporter.

Earlier in June, Actress Chrisann Pereira, who was framed in a drugs case in Sharjah, was officially cleared of all charges by a court in Sharjah. Chrisann's brother, Kevin Pereira, confirmed to Midday that all the legal formalities were completed. The Sharjah court had been waiting for the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report since April when she was released on bail.

According to sources, CCTV footages at the airport worked in her favour where she was seen returning back to the officers after crossing the customs and claiming that she has been given parcel but she was arrested after drugs were found in it at Sharjah Airport. "We have been told that she will return to India within a week after securing her passport from the local authorities," said Kevin.

The Mumbai crime branch, after investigating, found substance in Pereira family's statement that she was framed in the drug case. They had submitted a fact-finding report. The join Commissioner Crime Lakhmi Gautam took the cognisance of the case and asked Unit 10 of Mumbai Crime Branch headed by Deepak Sawant to investigate. Based on the investigation of the Mumbai Crime Branch and the documents sent to the Sharjah authorities, Pereira was granted bail in April while holding her passport. Sources said that in the final order the court in Sharjah has said that after reviewing the documents the case has been closed and the travel ban is lifted.

Earlier, in connection to the case, the Mumbai police arrested baker Anthony Paul and his accomplice banker Rajesh Bhobhate, also known as Ravi, for allegedly orchestrating a fake audition for a web series in Sharjah and planting drugs on Pereira on April 1 out of some grudge.

(This is a developing story, and will be updated as and when inputs are received)