Fri, Apr 09, 2010
A 15 crore deal for Ayesha Siddiqui
P Pavan, TNN, Apr 9, 2010, 12.00am IST
They say it ain’t over until the fat lady sings. On Wednesday, Ayesha Siddiqui, former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik’s mystery wife, must’ve been singing rather happily, closeted behind the high gates of her Banjara Hills bungalow in Hyderabad.
It has now come to light that Ayesha, 29, will get a formal divorce and Rs 15 crore from her ‘husband’, bringing to an end the weeklong soap opera that had gripped India. Like that extra laddoo after a plentiful feast, the Shoaib-Sania’s April 15 wedding now has the air of needless indulgence. The nation has already had its fill.
Following late night negotiations spearheaded by several Muslim leaders from the Congress, including cricketer-cum-MP Mohd Azharuddin, Andhra Pradesh minorities welfare minister Mohammed Ahmadullah, and Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Abid Rasool Khan, the matter was resolved and Ayesha’s family will withdraw all cases against Shoaib lodged with Hyderabad police. Officially, Ayesha will get Rs 5,000 as mehr for three months during the Iddat period as alimony according to the Sharia law. The Siddiqui familyemphatically denies any additional money changing hands but sources close to the family have said that Shoaib has agreed to pay Rs 12 crore directly to Ayesha and her family and another Rs 3 crore towards sundry ‘costs.’ A group of five community elders have taken the responsibility of coordinating the management, it is believed. Ayesha has to reciprocate by withdrawing the police case against Malik. He’s been booked under sections 498A (harassment), 420 (cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
One of those involved in the exercise told us, “Shoaib was reluctant to sign the papers. But we all convinced him that as per the nikaahnama, he had married a girl, and he should divorce her keeping this in mind.” Malik took the risk only after consulting Sania and her father Imran Mirza.
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