My client will never surrender or succumb to pressure: Kangana's lawyer

Mumbai: Proceedings into the ongoing legal battle between Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut have been stalled as the latter is yet to record her statement. Kangana's lawyers lashed out at Hrithik and his team saying that they are misleading the media.

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Advocate Rizwan Siddiquee states that "Mr. Hrithik Roshan and his PR team are going to extreme measures to tarnish the name and image of my client Ms. Kangana Ranaut in all possible ways, only in an effort to pressurize her and get her to surrender. However, Mr. Hrithik Roshan has to fully realise that my client will never retreat nor surrender, or ever succumb to any pressure."

He further added, "Mr. Hrithik Roshan also needs to fully understand that he cannot morally, ethically or legally stop my client from exercising her rights to obtain the copy of the FIR, therefore by planting false and misleading stories in the media that my client is not co-operating with the Police shall not help in any way."

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Till date we have been following the procedures of law in all respects and shall continue to do so. Mr. Hrithik Roshan knows fully well that Section 160 of CRPC intends to protect the privacy of a woman, and therefore she cannot be summoned to the Police station as a witness to record her statement. Despite knowing the provisions of law, yet he and his PR team are immorally and unethically spreading stories to the media to ensure that the media is always present around the venue, where my client is scheduled to record her statements. These acts coupled with the acts of showing my client's private emails to the media, only prove his thought process. In any event he had waited for almost two years without bothering about any imposter so far, and his fight was only to do with my client's remark about a "Silly-Ex" why has he abandoned that fight, has he surrendered, or does he not have any answers to my counter notice. ?" 

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Meanwhile, Hrihtik's lawyer Deepesh Mehta recently counter-accused the 'Queen' star's team for giving one too many statements to the media and not actually recording an official statement. He said, "Instead of giving so many media statements they should record one official statement with the cyber-crime cell which will really help the investigation."

"They are clearly more interested in media wars than anything else. The entire process of investigation is stalled because they haven't officially recorded their statement with the authorities," his statement further read.