Nawazuddin Siddiqui files defamation suit in HC seeking Rs 100 cr damages from his ex-wife, brother
Mumbai (PTI): Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has filed a defamation suit in the Bombay High Court seeking Rs 100 crore damages from his former wife Aaliya alias Zainab Siddiqui and his brother Shamasuddin Siddiqui accusing them of making defamatory and false statements against him.
The suit is likely to be heard on March 30 by a single bench of Justice Riyaz Chagla.
The actor, embroiled in a matrimonial dispute with his former wife, requested the HC to permanently restrain Aaliya and his brother from making any statements or remarks that would defame him.
He also sought a written apology from his former wife and brother.
As per the suit, Nawazuddin had appointed Shamasuddin as his manager in 2008 and "blindly" assigned all financial work to him.
However, Shamasuddin started cheating and defrauding Nawazuddin and purchased properties using the actor's money, the suit alleged.
It added that when the actor learnt about the fraud and raised queries, Shamasuddin instigated Aaliya to file a false case against Nawazuddin.
The actor claimed Aaliya and Shamsuddin have misappropriated Rs 21 crore from him.
When Nawazuddin demanded that properties be returned to him, Shamasuddin and Aaliya joined hands and started blackmailing the actor by uploading "cheap videos and comments on social media", the suit said.
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Society will perish if population growth rate goes below 2.1: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
Nagpur, Dec 1: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday stressed the importance of family and said if the population growth rate of a society goes below 2.1, then that society will perish by itself.
Addressing a gathering at the 'Kathale Kul (clan) Sammelan' in Nagpur, he said "kutumb" (family) is part of the society and every family is a unit.
"Decreasing population is a matter of concern because the Loksankhya Shastra says that if we go below 2.1, then that society perishes, no one will destroy it, it will perish by itself," he said.
"The population policy of our country, which was decided around 1998 or 2002, says that the population growth rate should not be below 2.1," the RSS chief said.
"We need more than two, that is three (as population growth rate), that's what the population science says. This number is important because it (society) should survive," he said.
