The day was April 1, 2023. Actress Chrisann Pereira landed at the Sharjah International Airport but to her surprise, there was none to receive her.
A little later, she discovered that there was even no hotel booking in her name. In a state of panic, the 27-year-old actress called her father in Mumbai. Chrisann told him that she was asked to carry a trophy with her.
Her father asked her to notify the police, stationed at the airport. And soon, Chrisann was behind bars. It has been 24 days since the actress is serving time in Sharjah prison.
The chain of events, leading to her travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the subsequent arrest, is nothing short of a movie plot.
🚨 Bizzare story alert 🚨
— Mohamed Thaver (@thaver_mohamed) April 25, 2023
Bakery owner frm Kandivali hid drugs in a trophy & gave it to actor Crisann Pereira who worked in Sadak 2 etc
He sent her to Sharjah with trophy claiming there is an audition for web series there & tipped off Sharjah police leading to her arrest + pic.twitter.com/TF386sbOVK
On March 23 this year, Chrisann’s mother Pramila received a message from a man named Rajesh Borate. He introduced himself as ‘Ravi’ and claimed that he was from a talent management company.
He informed Pramila about an audition for a web series, which was supposedly taking place in Sharjah. Rajesh thereafter met Chrisann on March 31 and gave her a trophy. He told her to carry it with her and hand it over to someone in Sharjah.
Fast forward to April 1, the security at the Sharjah airport found cannabis and opium stuffed inside the trophy. The actress was taken into custody. Her family notified the Mumbai police, which initially took no action.
Later, a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged at Vakola police station and a probe was launched into the matter. The Mumbai police found that Chrisann Pereira was framed by a bakery owner named Anthony Paul and his accomplice Rajesh.
The police arrested him yesterday
— Mohamed Thaver (@thaver_mohamed) April 25, 2023
What makes d story bizzare is the police found the guy Anthony Paul has sent 5 other people to Sharjah by smuggling drugs in their luggage to get back at them.
One guy is still in Sharjah prison along with Pereirahttps://t.co/5cPISqB7oQ
Reportedly, Paul’s sister stays in the same building as Chrisann’s mother Premila. The duo had a heated argument on two different occasions, once for not wearing during mask the Covid-19 pandemic and over her pet causing a nuisance in her building.
An angry Anthony Paul sought to take revenge against Premila by framing her daughter as a ‘drug mule’ in Sharjah. He used Rajesh to carry out its nefarious designs and tipped the Sharjah police about Chrisann being in possession of drugs.
The Mumbai police arrested both Paul and Rajesh on Monday (April 24) and booked them under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
They were produced before a court on Tuesday (April 25). The cops are now hoping to extradite the actress from Sharjah by presenting their findings and using diplomatic channels.
Mumbai Crime Branch arrested 2 persons for allegedly framing actress Chrisann Pereira in a narcotics case by giving her a memento (trophy) that had drugs hidden in it and asking her to deliver it to someone in Sharjah. Actress Chrisann Pereira was framed by one of the arrested…
— ANI (@ANI) April 24, 2023
It has now come to light that Paul had similarly tried to frame 4 other individuals, namely, Ken Rodricks, Clayton Rodricks, Munisha and Rishikesh Pandya. While three managed to escape, Clayton was also arrested by the Sharjah police.
The family of actress Chrisann Pereira is now waiting for her safe return to India. The actress has performed in movies such as ‘Sadak 2’, ‘Thinkistan’ and ‘Batla House.’
