Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is willing to resolve legal issues with his estranged wife Aaliya. He informed the Bombay High Court that he will withdraw his claim for habeas corpus if allowed to meet his children.
Nawazuddin’s advocate Pradeep Thorat said that the children were missing from their school in Dubai and he was unable to trace them due to which a habeas corpus was filed.
‘I am aware of the limited relief that I can get in this petition. He has not seen his children physically. This is his limited concern. After that I will withdraw the petition,’ said Thorat.
Shikhar Khandelwal, the advocate appearing for Nawazuddin’s estranged wife, said that the petition was infructuous because when it was filed Aaliya and the two children were living in a bungalow owned by the actor's mother. ‘My client is willing to settle the matter. But when she is living with the children at the actor's mother's residence, then how is it possible that he does not know where they are? He is very much free to meet his children. He is the one who is not meeting them,’ Khandelwal said.
Earlier, Nawazuddin’s ex-wife Aaliya Siddiqui released a video claiming that her mother-in-law had kicked her and the children out of the house and they have nowhere to go. Later, Nawaz released a statement claiming that Aaliya 'only wants more money'.
In the statement that Nawazuddin posted on Instagram, he wrote, ‘I am termed as a bad guy everywhere because of my silence. The reason I have kept quiet is because all this tamasha (show) will somewhere be read by my small children. Social Media Platforms, Press and a bunch of people are really enjoying my character assassination on the basis of one sided and manipulated videos.’
Aaliya responded to his statement with an open letter where she said that the actor is an ‘irresponsible father’ and he did everything possible in his means to get her arrested and show her his power, but could not succeed.
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