Actor Chrisann Pereira, who was released by Sharjah authorities after being implicated in a drug case, has returned to Mumbai, an official said on Thursday. She will meet Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar and other senior police officials later in the day, he said.
Chrisann Pereira was falsely accused of using drugs and ultimately exonerated by a Sharjah court. The Sharjah authorities had told her family that the process of releasing her passport might take a month or two.
The Sadak 2 actor's family was concerned that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities are taking too long to let her return to India even though she has been exonerated of all allegations. Her brother Kevin Pereira said that they expected her to go back home right away when the lawsuit was resolved, but that has not happened. He added that there should be no reason for delay.
Chrisann Pereira's Passport Held
Kevin Pereira claimed that the jail officials had informed them that a committee had been tasked with reviewing her passport in order to determine whether or not she may travel back to India. He claimed that this procedure might take anywhere between one and two months.
Pereira added that they have to wait this long even if the police have closed the investigation and his sister's mental health is deteriorating. He said that the delay despite her being found innocent is absolutely unjust. The actor's brother further stated that they have requested the Indian Embassy's intervention and assistance.
Drugs were discovered in a plaque that had been given to the 27-year-old star Chrisann Pereira shortly before she left Mumbai, leading to her detention on April 1 at Sharjah Airport.
According to Kevin Pereira, their legal dispute, which had lasted for more than two months in Sharjah court, was eventually resolved on June 13. The actor was detained for 25 days at Sharjah Central Jail before being released on bond with the requirement that her passport be seized while an investigation was ongoing.
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The Mumbai crime branch had detained a baker named Anthony Paul along with his associates Rajesh Bobhate alias Ravi and Shantilal Rajput for allegedly framing the actor and four other people. They allegedly utilised a similar tactic of hiding narcotics without their knowledge in cakes or plaques and requesting innocent people to deliver the same in the UAE.
The Esplanade court received a 1,514-page charge sheet against the group this week from the criminal section. The chargesheet claimed that Paul, with the assistance of the others, planted drugs in trophies and cakes and gave them to the actor and the four other people as they left for Sharjah.
Paul then allegedly tried to extort money from the families of the victims under the pretext of trying to help the victims obtain legal representation in the Middle East. Two mobile phones and four SIM cards that Paul is accused of using in the crime were burned and dumped into the Mithi River in Dahisar, as per the chargesheet.
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