Sooraj Pancholi's family files contempt case against Jiah Khan's mother

Actor Aditya pancholi and his wife Zarina Wahab along with their 27-year-old daughter Sana, who works as a yoga instructor, have filed a contempt petition against deceased actor Jiah Khan's mother Rabia Khan for continuing to defame them inspite of promising not to do so in court.

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Since Jiah's death in 2013, her mother Rabia had levelled allegations against the investigating agencies for not investigating properly. First, the Juhu police and then, the CBI had booked actor Sooraj Pancholi for abetting Jiah Khan's suicide. However, Rabia believes that it was a case of murder.

The Pancholis say in their petition that Rabia uses a Twitter account @RABYAK, which is followed by more than 3500 people globally. The petition alleges that Rabia "has been indulging in passing lewd remarks and using foul and abusing language against the Petitioners and their entire family upon various social media sites along with electronic and print media defaming the reputation and good will of the Petitioners by such libelous and slanderous remarks (sic)."

The petition cites a few tweets from Rabia's account in 2015 and an interview that she had given to a website. The Pancholis have appealed that Rabia "be punished in accordance with law" and be directed to withdraw the mentioned defamatory statements from the internet and make "a personal as well as a public apology on social, print and television media."

The Pancholis' lawyer Prashant Patil said, "In 2015, Rabia had told the court that she would not indulge in defamatory statement making, however she still continues to do so. Therefore, there was no other option but to file the contempt petition. This petition should come up for hearing in January."

The Pancholis had also filed a defamation suit against Rabia in 2014 which had claimed damages worth Rs 100 crore. However, this case will come up for hearing only years later.