Actor Chrisann Pereira arrives in Mumbai months after ordeal in Sharjah prison

 

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“Chrisann is finally back & reunited with us,” her brother Kevin said in an Instagram post on Thursday.

Chrisann has worked in Hindi movies like Sadak 2 and Batla House where she played supporting roles. In June, the Mumbai police had filed a chargesheet in the case, providing evidence of how she was allegedly framed by one Anthony Paul and two others. Paul was upset over a fight with Chrisann’s mother and decided to take revenge, the police said. He then allegedly put narcotics in a trophy and gave it to Chrisann while she was flying to Sharjah and tipped off the authorities. Chrisann was in Sharjah prison for over three weeks before she was granted bail on April 26.

Paul is alleged to have also framed Mumbai-based DJ Clayton Rodrigues, who is still lodged in Sharjah prison. According to the police, Paul had tried to exact revenge on five people by sending them to Sharjah with articles laced with drugs. While three others escaped, Chrisann and Rodrigues were caught with the drugs.

Paul, his friend and accomplice Rajesh Borate, and a man who provided them the drugs used to frame people, were named as accused in the Chrisann case. Paul and Borate were arrested in April by the Mumbai police Crime Branch.

In Chrisann’s case, Borate, allegedly at Paul’s behest, pretended to be a casting agent and sent her to Sharjah for an exhibition. He allegedly handed her a trophy to be given to someone in Sharjah and placed drugs in it, leading to Chrisann’s arrest.

In the case of Rodrigues, Paul was allegedly upset with him over a comment he made when both their families had gone on a trip to a farmhouse last year. In January this year, Borate, allegedly at Paul’s behest, posed as an event manager, called Rodrigues and offered him a job at an event in Sharjah. As he was about to fly to Sharjah on February 6, Borate allegedly gave him a cake that had drugs hidden in it.

As per the probe by the Mumbai police Crime Branch, Paul then called up the Sharjah airport authorities and tipped them off about Rodrigues. When the police checked the cake box, they found drugs in it along with a note saying he had more drugs if anyone needed it. Rodrigues was arrested and has been lodged at the Sharjah prison since then. He was convicted by a Sharjah court for 25 years and the family has appealed his conviction.