NEW DELHI – Bollywood’s one of the finest talents, actor NawazuddinSiddiqui has been summoned by Thane police in relation to the Call DetailRecord (CDR) case. The Crime Branch had summoned the actor, his wife andlawyer for further investigations which first came to light in January thisyear.
PTI quoted Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Abhishek Trimukhi astelling media persons that the three had been called after some of thearrested accused had told police that an advocate had obtained CDRs of theactor’s wife from private detectives.
“Three arrested accused, Prasad Palekar, Ajinkya Nagargoje and JigarMakhwana informed the police that an advocate had obtained the CDRs ofNawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife from private detectives. Hence to verify thesame, we have summoned them,” Trimukhi said.
The CDR racket was unearthed on January 24 when police, acting on atip-off, nabbed four private detectives from Kalwa in the district.
The four, whom the police identified as Makesh Pandian (42), PrashantPalekar (49), Jigar Makwana (35) and Samresh Jha (32) alias Pratik Mohpal,had at the time revealed the name of renowned woman detective Rajani Panditwho too was subsequently arrested.
Since then, Trimukhi said, 11 persons had been arrested in the scam whichinvolved the illegal procurement and sale of CDRs of private individuals.
Reportedly, as per statements by some of the accused, Nawazuddin hadallegedly acquired CDRs of his wife’s phone through an advocate by hiring aprivate sleuth to keep an eye on her contacts and whereabouts.