As we reported earlier, Meera is facing troubled life these days as her alleged husband Atiq ur Rehman shows up and takes her to court. Panicking Meera tried to gather all help she could. And of course how can one forget Mahesh Bhatt. Yes, Bollywood films producer Mahesh Bhatt was the first one who was contacted by Meera asking for help.
Meera told him the altered news and Bhatt was willing to help her out. But later he stepped back when he came to know that Meera isn’t all that truthful.
Here is what Mahesh Bhatt said in an interview to Indo-Asian News Service:
“Yes, Meera did call from Lahore. Some guy claiming to be her husband tried to break into her home and kill her! At that time she seemed quite genuine in her call for help. Meanwhile Salman Taseer, the Governor of Punjab, was very prompt in taking action, but Meera was still inconsolable,”
“While I was trying to call people in Pakistan and take stock of the issue, I was informed by Sohail Khan, filmmaker from Pakistan, that news channels all over the country were beaming photographs of the couple as well as their ‘nikaahnama’ (marriage contract). This seemed to be substantial evidence that made me call up Meera again”
“I realised that the situation wasn’t as clean as it sounded earlier”, Bhatt said. “Also, I could sense that Meera too wasn’t as truthful as she wanted me to believe.”
“She, in fact, did admit that the two of them were in a relationship, but denied her marriage to him. She said that she would get back to me later, but that never happened.”
On asking what was it that made Meera to call him, Mahesh Bhatt said:
“Well, I do have contacts in Pakistan and know people in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. She felt that I could make a few calls and get help coming her way. I was in fact in the process of doing so as well. I know the Human Rights Commission and other organisations there and could have done all in my capacity.
“However, as things stand today, both Meera as well as the man in question has filed a case against each other. It’s all boiling down to some property dispute between the two of them. I had warned Meera that her past would one day catch up with her. She is now bearing the brunt of it.”
