Mumbai: Chrisann Pereira, an actor who was imprisoned in Sharjah (UAE) in a 'drugs plant' case, was released late Wednesday, her family announced on social media. Her family posted a video of themselves dancing and crying in disbelief, with a relieved but crying Chrisann on the other side, all pleading with her to return as soon as possible. Chrisann, 27, was caught up in the 'drugs plant' case last month by two Mumbai men who were arrested and confessed to their crimes.
The accused duo had hidden the drugs in an award trophy which was detected in Sharjah following which the local police had arrested Chrisann. She had been in jail since April 1. Her distraught family in Mumbai on Tuesday shared that Chrisann is innocent and they have planned to appeal to the PM and MEA for help to secure her early release.
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The Mumbai Police Crime Branch, which is probing the case, has nabbed the prime accused Anthony Paul (35), a baker in Borivali, and his associate Rajesh Bubhate (34) alias Ravi, a banker. They have confessed to handing three persons the award trophies with drugs concealed in them and two others with drugs-laced cakes before they flew to Dubai, ostensibly as vendetta against the Pereira family. While two, including Chrisann, unwittingly walked into the trap, three others managed to evade the authorities in Sharjah.
Paul, said to be the brain behind the revenge con, apparently nursed an old grudge against the Pereira family, especially Premila (Chrisann's mother), and even got into fisticuffs with her son Kevin. The police have found that Paul had used the same modus operandi with some other wannabe actors, assuring them of plum roles in global web series, though one person declined to carry the trophy, which Chrisann later agreed to take with her. An upcoming actress, Chrisann has featured in films like Sadak 2, Batla House, a webseries Thinkistan, several stage plays. She lives in Borivali suburbs with her family. (With agency inputs)
