While the Bollywood fraternity and Gauhar herself have reacted with outrage to the claims of the accused Mohammad Akil Malik, one wonders why she hasn’t pressed charges against him for libel.
The fact remains that there are no footages of the actual incident. Amid all the outrage from actresses, perhaps Pooja Bhatt had the smartest comment.
“I never saw the footage where the man actually slaps her. Has anybody seen this footage? Unless I see footage of him slapping her, I can’t comment,” she says.
Gauhar Khan, too, reacted to Malik’s charge, “This is a clear attempt by the man to get away from the heinous crime he committed.
It’s absolutely bogus and a poorly staged filmi story, recommended by people who believe that our law will let him get away with such baseless stories.”
Gauhar stresses she doesn’t know the man who slapped her. “I had never met this man before I saw him charging at me. I don’t want to give him the two seconds of fame he wants by clarifying any of his rubbish claims.
I trust the law and know I’ll get justice for the trauma I had to go through because of his desperate need to be famous at the cost of my name. I have worked very hard to make a respectful (sic) name and career. I can prove every point made by him to be untrue with proof...”
Gauhar, however, refuses to take on Malik for his allegation of a staged slap. “He’s a liar and so shall be proved in the court of law.”
Meanwhile, we would like Star Plus to answer why there is no footage of Gauhar being slapped; there’s only her reaction after being slapped.
And Gauhar’s female colleagues from the industry too, have trashed Malik’s claim.
Says Kriti Sanon, “I don’t believe the man. No woman would stoop so low as to get herself humiliated for publicity. Gauhar comes across as way too strong-willed a woman to take such a drastic step for publicity. Not at the cost of her self-respect, please!”
Pooja Bedi reacts even more vehemently. “If she hired him there will be evidence of their communication and plans. If she didn’t hire him then she should file an additional case for defamation.” Dia Mirza says, “I can’t believe any girl would ever stage her own outrage.”
