Actress Sadhana summoned by court in defamation case

Yusuf Lakdawala filed a complaint charging Sadhna for making defamatory statements against him.

A local court has summoned actress Sadhana on Wednesday to record her statement in connection with a private complaint filed by builder Yusuf Lakdawala charging her for making defamatory statements against him.

Sadhana had in August last year lodged a complaint with the suburban Santacruz police accusing Lakdawala of issuing death threats and trying to force her to vacate her 3000 sq ft house in Santacruz.

Following the complaint,Lakdawala was arrested in November and let off on bail after a day. The builder then approached the Bandra metropolitan magistrate claiming that he had been falsely implicated and defamed by Sadhana as he had never threatened the actress.

The magistrate had sought for the police to probe the allegations and submit a report. The police after verifying mobile phone data and tracing location of both Sadhana and Lakdawala’s phones,submitted a report stating that the complaint filed by the actress appeared to be false.

“After going through the police report,the court has summoned Sadhana to appear before it so that it could record

her statement,” Lakdawala’s lawyer Vibhav Krishna said.

The 68-year-old actress resides on the ground floor of a two-storey bungalow ‘Sangeeta’ with her niece and servants. Actress Baby Naaz lives on the first floor while the second floor is occupied by Lakdawala’s mother-in-law and relatives.

The bungalow is owned by singer Asha Bhosale.

Sadhana in her complaint had claimed that Lakdawala wanted to redevelop the property and allegedly threatened her to vacate the house.

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