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SCOOP!! & NEWS Vijay Raaz released by Dubai Police23rd Feb 2005 09.53 IST By ApunKaChoice Bureau After nine days in detention on the charge of possessing drugs, actor Vijay Raaz , known for his roles in national award winning film Raghu Romeo and Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding , was released on Tuesday night. Film producer Feroz Nadiadwala , for whose film's shooting Raaz had gone to Dubai on February 13, said the actor was freed at around 2000 hours local time (2130 hrs IST) and would reach Mumbai Wednesday morning.
Nadiadwala said he was not aware if the charge against Raaz had been withdrawn. The actor was detained at Dubai airport on the morning of February 13 when he arrived in Dubai for the shoot for Nadiadwala's movie ‘Deewane Hue Paagal’ directed by Vikram Bhatt . Relatives of Raaz, who has also appeared in films like ‘Prarambh’ and Jungle , had approached the Indian embassy in UAE to help secure his release and the embassy officials gained consular access to the actor on Monday. Raaz had told the officials that he was innocent and did not know how the drugs came into his hand baggage. He had also appealed to UAE authorities to sympathetically consider his case. If convicted, Raaz could have faced up to eight years of imprisonment under tough UAE laws against possessing drug. | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Aishwarya Rai and her fond Cannes memories ~ The Bachchans dazzle at Cannes Film Fest ~ Shah Rukh Khan smiles at Aamir's jibe ~ Sonal Chauhan said 'no' to wearing bikini ~ Emraan Hashmi bowled over by Pakistani girls ~ Irrfan Khan learns the art of cutting hair ~ Sonam Kapoor denies being offered role opposite Shah Rukh Khan ~ When consciousness of Aishwarya and Abhishek were used by Varma ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Madhuri Dixit turns 41 ~ Amitabh Bachchan goes down memory lane ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Bhoothnath, Jimmy, Anamika, Mr. White Mr. Black, Tashan, U Me Aur Hum, Race, Jodhaa Akbar, Taare Zameen Par, Krazzy 4, Sarkar Raj , Jannat , Woodstock Villa , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic MUSIC Tashan , U Me Aur Hum celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Rani Mukherjee | Aishwarya Rai | Gayatri Joshi | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Kareena Kapoor | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Vivek Oberoi | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Sneha Ullal | John Abraham | Karisma Kapoor | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Abhishek Bachchan | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amitabh Bachchan | Meghna Naidu | Amrita Rao | Arjun Rampal | Mahima Chaudhary | Amrita Arora | Vidya Balan | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rakhi Sawant | Rimi Sen | Bhumika Chawla | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Sonam Kapoor | more... |
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