Wadia threat calls case: Crime Branch may record Preity Zinta's statement

Police probing the threat calls received by the secretary of Ness Wadia's father, allegedly from gangster Ravi Pujari, may meet the Bollywood actress Preity Zinta as well

While Marine Drive police has been eagerly waiting for the return of Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, to record her supplementary statement, Mumbai Crime branch and Anti Extortion Cell are also not far behind.

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39-year-old Preity Zinta arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Sunday afternoon. Pic/PTI

Sources from the crime branch revealed that the investigation of the case of threat calls, which were made to the Wadia office, might also require them to meet the actress. 

Officials are currently investigating the case from all angles and trying to find out how gangster Ravi Pujari managed to get the telephone numbers to Wadia’s office. Pujari had called Wadia’s office about ten times on the personal numbers of people associated with the group.

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“We suspect it to be an inside job, a person who may have passed the numbers to Pujari, who may be doing it for publicity. For a fair investigation, we will record statements of all people associated with the case,” said an officer from Crime Branch.

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