Nawazuddin's brother reacts to sexual harassment accusations , Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's brother Shamas has come out and spoken about the accusation made by his niece. "She is the daugh- ter of our brother who stays in Dehradun. She ran away from home at a minor age and married a boy; my brother had then filed a missing complaint to the connected police station," Shamas told ETimes, reports timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Shamas added the matter was then taken to the High Court. "This case was going on in Dehradun and then it went to the High Court, she showed fake school certificates to prove that she was not a minor. The matter also went to the Supreme Court and they returned the case of HC, this is a two year old case, pending since 2018," he said. According to Shamas, the complaint has been against Mi- naz, his younger brother and that there is no connection to Nawazuddin. "She had made the allegations against my younger brother Minaz in her previous statement but there was clearly no mention of Nawazuddin Siddiqui. But now she is in- volving Nawaz bhai," Shamas said. Shamas says that the niece is being instigated. "Aaliya (Nawazuddin's estranged wife) and Nawaz bhai are already in controversy and now she (niece) is being instigated to do the il- legal thing. There are arrest warrants against the girl and her husband from Uttarakhand HC because they never appeared for the court dates. A fine of Rs 20000 has been levied too and her husband has been charged with POCSO Act because she was a minor." Shamas defended Nawazuddin, who him- self has undergone a divorce from his wife Aaliya, who sent the actor a legal notice demanding a divorce and maintenance from him over issues related to their married life last month. According to timesofindia.indiatimes.com, Shamas said: "How can you defame one person so much? We have as many as 400 rela- tives, if something happens in our vil- lage so you'll take Nawaz bhai's name? His name is being abused. She has stated that Bade papa (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) knew about the abuse whereas Nawaz bhai is not related, he hardly ever goes to Dehradun.