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'Truth is that my father has been framed'
11 June, 2001: Bollywood financer Bharat Shah's son Rashesh Shah appeared on the chat to talk the facts surounding his fathers arrest and tried to answer as candidly as he could about their side of the story.
Mr Rashesh Shah : Hi guys I'm here to answer your
questions
Yari : Hi Rashesh what is the real truth? Is this a
campaign by Bhujbal against your father and Thackeray? Mr Rashesh
Shah : I think its political vendatta, I can't give you any names.
As for the real truth is that my father has been framed. Circumstances of prejudice
luvingguy_india : hiii i think the world is being mean to
u,r dad Mr Rashesh Shah : I agree, not the world but
especialy the media, its a trial by the media and thats what is really mean and
isolation by the film industry.
patel : is rashesh in there? What news of your father sir?
When will he be released? Mr Rashesh Shah : We plan to move
to the Supreme Court to Delhi and hope for the best. He is gonna go for a
medical check-up at the JJ Medical hospital tommorow due to drastic weight
loss
vishwajeet : raashesh is yr father alright how is his
mental state Mr Rashesh Shah : Ok...he is not in very good
spirits as he gets to see us only once a week, if we were able to see him
everyday, he would have been comforatble to know that everything out there is
well.
priti : we have heared that a lot of ur staff has run away
due to police brutalityis this true Mr Rashesh
Shah : Yes...several raids have been conducted at our home and
office and have affected a lot of our stuff who have resigned from their jobs.
vishwajeet : Are all yr film friends supporting u or they
r distancing themselves. Mr Rashesh Shah : Film friends? NOT
ONE is standing by us. They are selfish rude and mean people, spineless
actually. They used my fatherwhen they needed him today when he is stuck to the
wall there is no one for us.
ramade : How come you people feign ignorance even after
Hon'ble High court has found prima faci evidence Mr Rashesh
Shah : Do you trust the law and order in this city? The
Commissioner Tyagi after killing innocent people doesn't even get served with an
FIR after 7 years. Let the highest level of the court say he is guilty he will
serve the senetnce but before that how can we say he is guilty?
priti : do u think your brothers arrest is connected to
your father?as it looks to me that he was not there atf&i Mr Rashesh
Shah : My brother Rajiv, He wasn't there when the fight broke out
at Fire and Ice, the poice made a mistake, and they dropped the charges in
court. It was one grace shown to us in five months from the law and order
department of the country.
mana : after reading the details of the case in the media
i feel mocca does not apply in your fathers case what is your opinion Mr
Rashesh Shah : Yeah it does not apply, it is for gangsters,
terrorists, criminals, extortionists, not for businessmen
Girish : Do you fully deny the mafia involvement in film
making Mr Rashesh Shah : No I don't. But Bharat Shah's
arrest cannot be the solution to it. By arresting a innocent person you are
warning the others and giving them protection as witness.
mana : is it true that kapil sibal has taken his case what
is his opinion on him getting bail Mr Rashesh Shah : He
fails to understand how this law exists and he will take this court through the
Supreme Court.
Jai : Mr.Rasesh i find it difficult to believe that your
father is being held as an undertrial since 5 months....rumors abound your
father is afraid of coming out of jail and hence his bail pleas are just public
eyewash Mr Rashesh Shah : What nonsense, the fact that he
returned to the country after recieving 4 summons as a witness. He believed in
the truth and wantedto end the drama, we were hearing rumours in the media about
him being arrested for a long time and all that. Believe me we are desperately
trying to get his bail and its not an eyewash.
akash : if bharat shah is innocent why cant yr lawyers get
him a bail . IS IT THT U HAVE INCOMPETENT LAWYERS Mr Rashesh
Shah : No we have Kapil Sibal who is the top most lawyer, Ashok
Desai, V R Manohar, we have the best brains in the country but it is the
prejuduce and afterall we are fighting the state of Maharashtra and a draconnian
law MCOCA
HOKIE : Will you people continue in the film making
business? Mr Rashesh Shah : At this moment with a few
friends after that it is dependant on my father what he plans to do.
santosh : When u think BHARAT UNCLE WILL BE SCOT
FREE Mr Rashesh Shah : Trail gets conducted for several
years in our contry but I'm sure in the end he will be found innocent plus our
lawyers say that they are 1000% sure that with such poor evidence they cannot
convict my father
sheetal : is it true that the charge sheet is 1800
pages Mr Rashesh Shah : below 1200 pages wityh 4-500 pages
of only phone numbers and 2-300 pages of panchnamas, no witness against my
father
santosh : Has bharat bhai seprated from B4U ?? Mr
Rashesh Shah : No he owns it 98%
sheetal : sir,inspite your father helping rakesh roshan in
the past is he standing by fully Mr Rashesh Shah : Honestly
speaking he said he was symnpathetic to my father and if he could help in anyway
but the time never came
sheetal : is it true thataftaab patel seems to have 9
conversations with dawood and shotta shakil and yet your father was arrested for
one for five months Mr Rashesh Shah : I think there are 7
conversations of Aftab.
sheetal : has your father ever acknowledged to voice in
the tape being his Mr Rashesh Shah : No never
Saurabhsooraj : what was the need for bharatbhai to speak
to underworld? even though it is for a few seconds? Mr Rashesh
Shah : If he has spoken it was only on the request of a family
friend or else they would have shot that man.
santosh : Rasesh is Vijay bhai ur uncle with you or r u
all seperated?? Mr Rashesh Shah : In business we are
sperate, as a family we are one.
sheetal : i have heared that rizvi was tortured to give a
confession against your father Mr Rashesh Shah : He was
tortured only to give a confession, there is no confession against my father
incfact it states that after Bharat Shah's finance and profit was deducted only
then from his remaining money was there a sharing of money between Rizvi and
Shakeel of 50-50.
santosh : and Kishore LULLA and THE STEeL MAGNATE Laxmin
Mitall r u they still in B4U Mr Rashesh Shah : Yes and Gokul
Binani
Mr Rashesh Shah : Pray for me that my father is released
soon. Bye everyone.
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