Denying any ill-will on artist Chintan Upadhyay’s part, his counsel Satish Maneshinde on Tuesday argued at the Borivali Metropolitan Magistrate’s court that he shared a cordial relation with his estranged wife Hema. He said the couple even made efforts to reconcile during their divorce battle.
Mr. Maneshinde said Chintan had to pay a monthly alimony of Rs. 40,000 to Hema as part of their divorce settlement. He had sent a cheque through a domestic help to Bhambhani, to be handed over to Hema. He later called Bhambhani to ask if the cheque had been delivered.
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The defence claimed that despite the divorce battle, the couple shared “cordial relations” and Chintan even stayed at their jointly-owned Juhu house when he visited Mumbai. “He had no ill will,” Mr. Maneshinde told the court. He also refuted the claim that Chintan called Vidyadhar to Jaipur.
“Vidyadhar is an artisan and he did some exhibition work for Chintan and Hema. He had called Vidyadhar to Jaipur in connection with an event organised there. There was a case in Jaipur against Chintan, but it had no connection with his meeting with Vidyadhar,” Mr. Maneshinde argued.
He said his client had been “sufficiently interrogated” since December 13.
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