Witnesses say no knowledge of extortion claim in actress case

VIJAYAWADA: Two key "witnesses" in the alleged forgery case involving a Mumbai actress have denied any involvement in the "land transaction" at Jaggayyapeta in Andhra Pradesh's NTR district. Chinda Veera Venkata Nageshwara Raju and Bharath Kumar, who were named as witnesses in the case, said they have no knowledge of the case or the extortion claims.
The case originated from a complaint filed by Kukkala Vidyasagar, a YSRCP functionary and now the main accused, who had alleged that the Mumbai actress had forged his signature to sell his five-acre land at Jaggayyapeta.
He filed a complaint at Ibrahimpatnam police station against the actress, who along with her elderly parents were arrested by an AP police team in Mumbai on Feb 2 and brought to the state. They spent 42 days in jail before being released on bail.