Zaira Wasim row: Sachdeva father of 9-year-old, please consider, lawyer tells court

Mumbai: Vikas Sachdeva (39), the Kandivali-based regional business head of an entertainment company, who was accused of allegedly molesting Dangal actress Zaira Wasim onboard a Mumbai-Delhi Vistara flight Saturday night, was remanded in police custody for two days by a sessions court on Monday.

Sachdeva’s lawyer, H.S. Anand, while rebutting the allegations against him, said that the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act does not apply as the complainant completed 17 years on October 23 and is into her 18th year.

Sachdeva, who stays with his wife Divya and son in Kandivali, has no previous criminal record, and the lawyer asked the court to consider that he is the father of a nine-year-old, and the family is dependent on him.

Meanwhile, the wife of Vikas, claimed her husband, before deboarding, had ‘apologised’ to Zaira to which she said it was ‘okay’. She said her husband’s leg had accidentally touched the actor.