New Delhi: Bollywood actress Chrisann Pereira has been released from the UAE’s Sharjah jail today and made a video call to her family in Mumbai.
Earlier this month, Pereira was arrested in the UAE after she was allegedly framed in a drugs case, said Officials.
In a video which has been shared by Pereira’s brother, Kevin Pereira, their mother can be seen jumping in excitement while she talks to her 27-year-old daughter on a video call after she was released from the Sharjah prison.
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According to Lakhmi Gautam, Joint Commissioner of Police (crime), Mumbai, the actor is expected to return back to India within 48 hours.
The actress was arrested on April 1 at the Sharjah airport. Later, the Mumbai Crime Branch found that the actor was allegedly framed by a bakery owner in revenge after a fight over a dog.
The Mumbai Police arrested two in framing actress Chrisann Pereira.
The two accused has been identified Anthony Paul and Rajesh Bobhate.
One is a bakery owner wile the otehr one is an assistant general manager in a bank.
Mumbai | 32-year-old Anthony Paul and 42-year-old Rajesh Damodar Bobate alias Ravi, arrested for allegedly framing actress Chrisann Pereira in a narcotics case by giving her a memento (trophy) that had drugs hidden in it and asking her to deliver it to someone in Sharjah, sent to… https://t.co/XE5Fq0fZN6 pic.twitter.com/6sp5GgUrrk
— ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2023
According to the initial investigation it has been found that Anthony’s sister had a fight with the actor’s mother over the dog.
The police suspect that the actor was allegedly made a drug mule over the same issue.
The actor was given a trophy in which he had hidden the drugs, the police said.
Police also said thatearlier, Anthony and Rajesh have trapped at least five people in a similar way.
