Times of Islamabad

Indian actress Ameesha Patel arrest warrants issued

Indian actress Ameesha Patel arrest warrants issued

ISLAMABAD – A court has issued summons against Bollywood actor AmeeshaPatel in an INR10 lakh cheque-bouncing case. The star has to appear beforethe Madhya Pradesh High Court on January 27 next year, reported *Mid-Day*link.

Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Manish Bhatt issued the warrants onWednesday after registering a complaint against the 43-year-old undersection 318 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

“The JMFC directed the actor to remain present before it on January 27,”petitioner Nisha Chhipa’s counsel, Durgesh Sharma, told reporters onFriday. According to him, Ameesha had borrowed the INR10 lakh from Chhipafor a film production.

“The actor had given a cheque of Rs 10 lakh to my client for repayment butit got dishonoured as she did not have adequate balance in her bankaccount,” Sharma added.

Ameesha made her acting debut in 2000 with the romantic thriller *KahoNaa…Pyaar Hai*, directed by Rakesh Roshan. She rose to prominence with the2001 film *Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, *which became one of the biggest hits inBollywood.