‘Broke’ Tarannum flies to Jaipur

Former bar dancer Tarannum, now in Jaipur, has gone from being distraught and disbelieving to ‘‘penniless’’.Claiming to ...

Former bar dancer Tarannum, now in Jaipur, has gone from being distraught and disbelieving to ‘‘penniless’’.

Claiming to have ‘‘been reduced to a pauper’’ after the police froze her bank accounts pending an investigation into her allegedly illegal assets, Tarannum sounded tearful on Thursday. ‘‘I was planning to use that money to start a business after the ban came into effect,’’ she said. ‘‘Anyway, soon after talking with reporters on Wednesday night, I left for Jaipur… I took one of the cheaper flights, since I’m now living off borrowed money.’’

Tarannum denied links with the underworld. ‘‘I was just 16 in 1997, when I supposedly performed in Dubai when Dawood was in the audience. I didn’t even know his name,’’ she said.

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Tarannum also repeated her claim that she earned the Rs 22 lakh discovered during an I-T raid—and the Rs 7 lakh she spent on jewellery—while working as a bar dancer. ‘‘Moreover, I have no London-based brother who arranged for my recent bets during the Ashes series,’’ she said. ‘‘I have a brother who is very much here and who knows nothing about gambling.’’

Tarannum plans to live with her sister and brother in Jaipur; she won’t return to Mumbai for at least 10 days. ‘‘Here, no one recognises me and I don’t have to wear a burqa every time I step out of the house,’’ she said. ‘‘I have informed the Mumbai Police I was leaving the city.”

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