Bollywood
actress
Neetu
Chandra
today
denied
having
any
links
with
Pakistani
bowler
Mohammad
Asif,
who
is
at
the
centre
of
a
'spot-fixing" scandal
that
has
rocked
world
cricket.
The
controversy
began
with
most
Indian
television
channels
discussing
a
“leaked"
document,
which
they
claimed,
was
prepared
by
the
Interpol
and
Scotland
Yard
for
the
Pakistan
Cricket
Board.
Apparently,
this
document
contains
various
phone
numbers
of
people
who
interacted
with
Mohammad
Asif
in
2009.
The
TV
reports
stated
that
in
this
document,
the
only
mobile
number
from
Mumbai,
belonged
of
actress
Neetu
Chandra,
and
insinuated
that
she
could
be
involved
in
the
infamous
match-fixing
scandal.
They
further
claimed
that
according
to
the
document,
the
actress
had
made
two
phone
calls
and
exchanged
SMS"s
with
the
controversial
cricketer,
discussing
sensitive
cricket
issues
and
deals.
But
Neetu
Chandra"s
publicist
Dale
Bhagwagar
vehemently
denied
all
the
allegations.
“Personally,
Neetu
does
not
know
Mohammad
Asif
or
any
Pakistani
cricketer
for
that
matter.
Her
name
is
being
unceremoniously
dragged
in
the
match-fixing
debate
with
baseless
allegations," said
the
celebrity
publicist.
“Neetu
didn"t
even
know
how
Asif
looked
like.
Within
minutes
of
this
controversy
breaking
out,
I
met
her
and
showed
her
his
picture
from
the
internet
on
my
BlackBerry.
Neetu
glanced
at
it
and
almost
jumped
from
her
chair,
joking,
'Oh,
he"s
too
dark".
She
also
doesn"t
know
or
understand
how
her
cell
number
has
featured
on
such
a
scandalous
list.
If
it
indeed
has,
it
could
well
be
a
conspiracy," added
the
PR
specialist.
Owing
to
her
active
association
with
sports,
recently,
Neetu
also
became
one
of
the
few
privileged
Bollywood
celebrities
to
have
the
honour
of
running
with
the
Commonwealth
Games
torch
(popularly
known
as
the
Queen"s
Baton)
in
her
hometown
Patna.
Apart
from
being
a
regular
basketball
player,
the
actress
is
a
Black
Belt
2nd
Dan
in
Taekwondo,
having
participated
in
various
martial
arts
tournaments
at
a
district,
national,
as
well
as
international
level.
Though
Bhagwagar
revealed,
she
is
not
a
cricket
fan.
This
year,
Neetu
has
an
impressive
line-up
of
films
like
Anees
Bazmee"s
'No
Problem"
(with
Sunil
Shetty,
Akshaye
Khanna
and
Sushmita
Sen),
Gary
Grewal"s
'Khusar
Prasad
Ka
Bhoot"
(with
Paresh
Rawal
and
Randeep
Hooda),
Barnali
Shukla"s
'Kuch
Love
Jaisa"
(with
Rahul
Bose)
amongst
two
other
mega-budget
ventures
opposite
superstars
of
the
South.