Model gets three-year jail for plotting murder
Mumbai
Apr 28, 2017
A Mumbai court on Friday sentenced model-cum-wannabe actress
Preeti Jain for plotting the murder of award winning Bollywood director Madhur
Bhandarkar 12 years ago.
The Sessions Court, which also fined her Rs 10,000, found two
other co-accused -- Naresh Pardesi and Shivaram Das -- guilty and awarded them
three years in jail. Two more accused were acquitted.
Shortly after the verdict, Jain moved an application for bail
which was granted on a surety of Rs 5,000.
When the matter was first highlighted in 2005, Jain had charged
Bhandarkar with rape but the case was quashed by the Supreme Court in 2012 after
she dropped the charges against him.
Earlier, in July 2004, Jain filed a complaint with police alleging
that Bhandarkar raped her 16 times between 1999 and 2004 on the pretext of giving
her important roles in his films.
The director denied the allegations.
In her statement then, Jain claimed that 'we had sex 16
times and Madhur made promises of giving me a lead role in his films'.
However, he didn't cast her in any of his films.
Barely months later, police investigations revealed that Jain
had hired a contract killer to eliminate Bhandarkar and was arrested.
During the long trial, the court examined 51 witnesses including
Bhandarkar.
The prosecution said Jain had paid Rs 75,000 to contract killer
Pardeshi to kill Bhandarkar.
When he didn't carry out her bidding, she demanded the money
back. When mafia don Arun Gawli learnt of the plot, he alerted the police, leading
to Jain's arrest.
After the verdict, Jain merely expressed 'shock'.
Mumbai-based Bhandarkar is a renowned director of various blockbusters
like 'Chandni Bar,' 'Fashion', 'Traffic Signal'
and 'Page 3' among others.
Mumbai
Apr 28, 2017
A Mumbai court on Friday sentenced model-cum-wannabe actress
Preeti Jain for plotting the murder of award winning Bollywood director Madhur
Bhandarkar 12 years ago.
The Sessions Court, which also fined her Rs 10,000, found two
other co-accused -- Naresh Pardesi and Shivaram Das -- guilty and awarded them
three years in jail. Two more accused were acquitted.
Shortly after the verdict, Jain moved an application for bail
which was granted on a surety of Rs 5,000.
When the matter was first highlighted in 2005, Jain had charged
Bhandarkar with rape but the case was quashed by the Supreme Court in 2012 after
she dropped the charges against him.
Earlier, in July 2004, Jain filed a complaint with police alleging
that Bhandarkar raped her 16 times between 1999 and 2004 on the pretext of giving
her important roles in his films.
The director denied the allegations.
In her statement then, Jain claimed that 'we had sex 16
times and Madhur made promises of giving me a lead role in his films'.
However, he didn't cast her in any of his films.
Barely months later, police investigations revealed that Jain
had hired a contract killer to eliminate Bhandarkar and was arrested.
During the long trial, the court examined 51 witnesses including
Bhandarkar.
The prosecution said Jain had paid Rs 75,000 to contract killer
Pardeshi to kill Bhandarkar.
When he didn't carry out her bidding, she demanded the money
back. When mafia don Arun Gawli learnt of the plot, he alerted the police, leading
to Jain's arrest.
After the verdict, Jain merely expressed 'shock'.
Mumbai-based Bhandarkar is a renowned director of various blockbusters
like 'Chandni Bar,' 'Fashion', 'Traffic Signal'
and 'Page 3' among others.
Tags: Madhur Bhandarkar