Preity – Ness Case – Preity Zinta records Supplementary Statement

Bollywood actress, producer and IPL team owner Preity Zinta recorded her statement to the police at BCCI office in Wankhede Stadium on the Preity – Ness Case. Preity Zinta told the police that she was abused thrice and manhandled once by Ness Wadia on May 30. Later she was taken to Garware Pavilion by the Marine Drive Police, where she pointed out the spots where the alleged incident had taken place. The fiesty actress even went on to show the police a third spot where she was abused for the third time.

As per sources, “It all started with Preity being seated under the air conditioned box in the Garware Pavilion. It was here that Ness Wadia, according to her, started abusing a team official over the seating arrangement. Preity apparently asked Wadia to be quiet but he then started abusing her and even pulled her hand.”

Sources further added that,”Preity then left the seat and moved to one in front near the railing where Wadia again abused her. At this point, an American national identified as Gene Goodenough, who was Preity’s guest, stood up and appealed for silence and later threatened to hit Wadia. After this Wadia left the spot. After the match ended, when Preity went to the ground to congratulate her team members, Wadia abused her for the third time.”

14 people are named by Preity, which includes the American national and Sachin Tendulkars son Arjun too. Some friends of Wadia, who were seated below the box where she was abused and manhandled.It seems that Kings XI Punjab had a total of 85 seats of which 35 seats in the airconditioned box were given to Wadia, while the rest were shared among the other members of the team.

Preity denied knowing the gangster Ravi Poojari who had issued a threat to the Wadia’s, and said she only knows cricketers Ravi Shastri and Cheteshwar Pujara.