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| Customs gives clean chit to Aishwarya "as of now" | | | Mumbai | Nov 20
Customs authorities today gave a clean chit to Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai "as of now" after questioning her for over two and half hours during which she disowned a packet in her name containing Euro 23,000 (around Rs 13 lakh).The sender of the parcel has been identified as one Avineshwar who is a Dutch national of Indian origin, Commissioner of Customs (Import) AK Prasad told reporters here.
"He is a Dutch citizen in his thirties and we are in the process of getting more information about him," he added. Prasad said the help of Indian Embassy in the Netherlands and the Ministry of External Affairs will be sought for the probe. During her over two-and-half hour questioning at the Customs Office at Mumbai International Airport where she appeared after taking a break from a film shoot in Jaipur, Rai denied she knew its sender either personally or professionally.
Aishwarya had to reply in writing a total of 60 questions during the interrogation, Prasad said adding that the actress was "very tense" and had to be calmed after which she was very cooperative.
During the questioning, Prasad said, Aishwarya did not recognise any of the items that were sent in the parcel by the man who has also sent a photocopy of his Dutch passport along with the parcel.
"She has told the officials that she does not know this person either professionally or personally," the actress' lawyer Girish Kulkarni, who was also present during the questioning, told reporters here. |
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