A day after Priyanka Todi blamed him for the situation, Rukbanur Rehman on Saturday said it was a deliberate attempt by her family to malign him. Denying any breach of trust, he said he was considering filing a defamation case against the Todis.
In her first interview to a section of the press on Friday, Priyanka had regretted having trusted Rukbanur and Pappu, who runs an NGO in the area. She also gave a clean chit to the Kolkata Police, saying that she was not subjected to any threats or coercion.
“This is a deliberate attempt to malign me and my family. Priyanka is speaking under influence of her family. The Todi family wants to take away the public sympathy. I never thought Priyanka and her family would stoop this low,” said Rukbanur on Saturday.
“Our family members never forced them to write letters to police. It was Rizwan and Priyanka who decided to file a complaint with the police against Ashok Todi,” said Rukbanur.
He said Priyanka had not responded to their attempts to contact her. “My mother tried to contact her. We called her to visit our home, but there was no response. She did not even care to come during the last rites of my brother,” he said.