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Chiranjeevi Tells Court He Respects Daughter's Decision |
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Written by Piyush Joshi
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
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Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi has refuted rumors that his newly wed daughter Srija and her husband Sirish Bhardwaj faced any threat from his family members. In a letter to the lawyer representing his daughter, Chiru, as he is popularly known, said he respected his daughter's decision.
Chiranjeevi's advocate Maninder Singh told the Delhi High Court that his client had sent an e-mail saying Srija and her husband Sirish Bhardwaj were not under any threat from him or his family. Justice SN Dhingra queries why the mail was sent to Pinky Anand, the couple's advocate and not directly to the couple.
To this, Singh replied that the couple was staying with the lawyer; hence the mail was sent there.
Meanwhile Justice Dhingra dismissed a petition from Srija asking that her family meet her at the airport on her return to Hyderabad. “Why force the family to receive? You are adult, go wherever you want to go. How can you compel your parents to accept you?” the Justice asked.
However he admitted the plea to extend security to the couple by another two weeks. This ruling was a response to a petition filed by advocate Pinky Anand on October 19 in which Srija had said, "My life and liberty are in immediate danger."
The petition also mentions that Srija feared a repeat of the Rizwanur Rahman case, where the couple had also married against the wishes of their family. Rahman was found dead, the cause of which is not yet known.
However Chiranjeevi has quickly moved to refute these alleged threats. "The apprehensions raised by the couple are baseless. I can assure you that my fans would not hurt anybody much less the young couple... I have accepted the decision of my daughter and respect it. We convey our blessings," the actor stated.
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