Actor Raza Murad accuses Pyare Mian of forging signatures

Bhopal: Bollywood actor Raza Murad on Wednesday reached Shyamla Hills police station and recorded his statement in the case registered against local newspaper owner, Pyare Mian, on charges of forgery. Raza Murad owns a flat in E-Block of posh Ansal Apartment, where Pyare Mian resided with his family.

Pyare Mian had forged Raza Murad’s signatures to make him a member in his fake resident welfare society through which he rented the space on his apartment terrace to a telecom company for setting up a mobile tower.

SHO Shyamla Hills Tarun Singh Bhati said, “Raza Murad appeared before the police and denied that he was acquainted with Pyare Mian. He accused Pyare Mian of forging his signatures in his fake society documents. Raza Murad said that he is a member of Lake View Enclave Welfare Housing Society and pays his subscription to the society every year. He said that he has nothing to do with Pyare Mian.”

On July 12, Pyare Mian was booked on charges of raping and sexually exploiting five minor girls. A case was registered against him and his accomplices at Shahpura police station. On July 13, another 16-year-old girl approached Koh-e-Fiza police and lodged complaint against him on charges of raping and exploitation for over six months.

Later, on July 24 Shyamla Hills police registered a case against Pyare Mian, his wives Tanveer Fatima and Badrunnissa, along with their son Shahnawaz, on charges of fraud for allegedly forging papers to register a resident welfare society and then renting the terrace of an apartment to a telecom company for the installation of a mobile tower. The accused received Rs60 lakh as rent from the telecom company since 2011. Pyare Mian’s advocate Sahabuddin Jamali alias Ashi, 39, a resident of Jinsi in Jehangirabad, was found to be a co-accused in the case. Police said that Jamali allegedly forged the signatures of society members and submitted fake audit reports of the society at registrar office.