Says Ayesha's relative; adds the USD 1 mn offered by Shoaib is too paltry

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Says Ayesha's relative; adds theu00a0USD 1 mn offered by Shoaib is too paltry

Is money proving to be a stumbling block for the Sania-Shoaib marriage?

Ayesha's family has filed an FIR, alleging Shoaib Malik had offered the Siddiqui family Rs 4.44 crore (USD 1 million) to not pose problems for his marriage with Sania Mirza.

However, Shoaib denied this at a media briefing held yesterday.

Ayesha's father, Imran Siddiqui, has said in his complaint that Shoaib was threatening his daughter to come clean before the media that she was not married to him. He claimed Shoaib had married his daughter but was now denying it in order to marry Sania Mirza.

Sources also allege that Shoaib is scared of the hefty amount Ayesha could claim as mehr (alimony) and is, therefore, understood to have chosen to deny the marriage.

"We are exploring this aspect besides investigating the case from other possible angles," said Narasimha Rao, ACP, Hyderabad police, who is heading the investigating team. "We are probing the establishment of the marriage, that can pave way for further investigation," he added.