Molestation case: Court gives Nawazuddin's ex-wife 1-month time to reply to closure report
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Muzaffarnagar: A special POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar on Saturday asked Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s estranged wife Alia Siddiqui to reply within a month to the police closure report in the molestation case filed by her against the actor and four members of his family.
In the last hearing on September 19, the court had issued a notice to Aliya, asking her to appear before it on October 7 after police filed the final report, giving a clean chit to Siddiqui, his mother Mehrunisa, and brothers Faizuddin, Ayazuddin and Minazuddin.
"Alia requested time to file a protest against the police closure report,” said additional district government counsel (ADGC) Pradeep Balyan.
"The court granted her time until November 9 to submit her application. If she objects to the police report, the court may order a re-investigation or file a case," the ADGC added.
According to the case, the actor’s brother Minazuddin had allegedly molested a minor family member in 2012 while the others had supported him.
An FIR was registered in Mumbai on the basis of a complaint filed by Aliya and later shifted to Budhana police station in 2020.
