As days of the investigations pass, contradictory statements keep pouring out from Simrin Sud and Vijay Palande, the two accused in the Karan Kakkad murder case. Having variously described her relationship with Palande as her brother, her uncle, and her boyfriend, Simrin took a U-turn yesterday, identifying him as her husband, whom she wed back in 1998. Meanwhile, her ‘husband’ Palande still insists they are cousins, and that he was helping her establish a career in Bollywood.

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Cruel intentions: Vijay Palande and Simrin Sud had rented several flats in the city posing as siblings