Kangana Ranaut’s lawyer has said his client will not be intimidated by people trying to get her to back down from her legal battle with Hrithik Roshan.
“My client Kangana Ranaut shall never succumb to any pressure. Some common people who had intervened had a fixed agenda of only scaring my client and hiding the truth, which could not happen,” Rizwan Siddiquee said in a statement.
On April 10, Ranaut gave her statement to police in connection with charges filed by Roshan. The actor claims Ranaut had a part to play in the alleged hacking of his email account, and the sending of emails under his name to fans and Ranaut.
“The world, including people from the film industry, need to learn that in today’s changing time no woman is scared of anything if she is fiercely determined, and has the truth by her side,” Siddiquee added.
Siddiquee rejected Roshan’s claim that Ranaut was working with a hacker.
“My client knows and is fully convinced that there is no imposter, as had there really been one, then Hrithik himself would have immediately acted on my client’s sister’s complaint, which he received on his correct email ID on the 25th of May 2014.
“His own acts of commissions and omissions after receipt of the said emails from my client’s sister, coupled with his blatant lies from time to time, speak volumes of his conduct.”
The lawyer accused the Roshan of “slut shaming” Ranaut to strengthen his case.
“To have an edge over my client he has tried everything within his means including slut shaming, changing his public relations team, obtaining a private cyber report, which was paid for by him, and also by changing his lawyer. However, nothing is going to help as Hrithik Roshan cannot change the facts of the matter,” Siddiquee said.
Meanwhile, Roshan’s lawyers said they are happy the 29-year-old actress has recorded her statement with the police, something they believe she should have done earlier.
“It has taken so long for them to take this basic first step. Recording of statement is the first step in any investigative process. A lot of delay and drama has happened before this first step,” they said.
“It’s not for them to say if police are happy with them or not. Let that come from the investigative agencies. Let’s not try and confuse the matter further with various statements. Let the investigation speak for itself.”
The two actors have been at loggerheads since the Queen star called Roshan her ‘silly ex’.
Roshan, who was the first to send a legal notice, has demanded that she apologise in a press conference and clear the air about their alleged affair, which he firmly refutes.
Ranaut said she was not a “dim-witted teenager” and refused to apologise. She instead shot off a counter-notice to Roshan demanding that he take back his notice or face a criminal case.
