I fear for my daughter's life, says Tennis ace Leander Paes

The battle between tennis legend Leander Paes and his expartner Rhea Pillai took a turn for the worse with the tennis ace lodging a police case against an aspiring cricketer for allegedly issuing death threats to him and his daughterAlso read Leander Paes takes Rhea Pillai to court over daughters custodyHe also claimed the man was having an affair with Pillai Paes registered the case with the BandraKurla Complex BKC police station Paes confirmed going to the cops but didnrsquot wish to elaborate as the matter is subjudiceLeander Paes told police he had submitted documents to the court proving that cricketer Atul Sharma left had an affair with his former partner Rhea Pillai File picsldquoYes I have filed a police complaint I fear for my daughterrsquos life and mine We will let justice take its course on the complaintrdquo Paes told midday According to the police the case has been lodged against one Atul Sharma an aspiring cricketer who was on the squad of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League for a yearAtul Sharma has been charged with criminal intimidationPaes in his complaint told the police that Sharma had threatened him on the sixth floor of the family court in BKC midday had reported in May this year that Paes had filed a guardianship petition in the family court seeking permanent custody of his daughter Aiyana from estranged partner PillaiIn the petition Paes said Pillai had ldquomisrepresented the factsrdquo in their relationship He had also sought an order restraining Pillai from taking the child out of Mumbai without permissionProof of affairPaes had gone to the BKC family court on October 14 for the custody hearing He told the BKC police that he had submitted documentary evidence in court proving that Sharma and Pillai had an affair going onldquoAs soon as Paes exited the courtroom he alleged that Sharma stopped him and threatened to kill him and his daughter The reason according to Paes are the documents which allegedly prove the affairrdquo said a police officerldquoMoments after the court proceedings Sharma went up to Paes and began abusing him Sharma ensured that Paesrsquos lawyers were not around at the time and gave the tennis player the choicest of bad words in English and Hindi He then threatened to kill Leander and his daughter Aiyanardquo said a sourcePaes approached the cops on Thursday ldquoA case was registered under sections 506 2 criminal intimidation and 504 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace of the Indian Penal Code against Sharmardquo added the officerPolice will now examine footage from CCTV cameras on the court premises ldquoWe will also call Sharma to record his statement and verify the facts from the other witnesses who saw Sharma threaten Paesrdquo said Kundalik Nigade senior inspector at BKC police stationThe sixtime Olympian left in the wee hours of this morning to participate in an indoor tennis tournament in Switzerland followed by another tournament in France He returns only after two weeks and is therefore worried about the safety of his daughter during his absenceWhile Pillai was not available for comment her lawyer Mrunalini Deshmukh said ldquoMy client is not having any illicit relationship with anybody and we have denied it in the past also As for the complaint I have no knowledge of it so I cannot comment on itrdquo Inputs by Bharati Dubey