New
Delhi,
(ANI):
Former
Indian
cricket
skipper
Mohammed
Azharuddin
on
Monday
denied
having
met
Pakistan
cricketer
Shoaib
Malik
and
Hyderabad
girl
Ayesha
Siddiqui
in
Saudi
Arabia
in
2002.
According
to
one
of
the
friends
of
Ayesha
Siddiqui,
Azharuddin
and
his
wife
Sangita
Bijlani
were
staying
in
the
same
hotel
where
the
Pakistani
cricketer
and
Ayesha
were
sharing
a
room
after
their
claimed
'marriage'
in
2002.
Speaking
to
reporters
in
New
Delhi,
Azharuddin
said
the
last
time
he
visited
Saudi
Arabia
was
in
1998
and
that
his
name
was
being
dragged
unnecessarily
into
the
controversy.
He
also
denied
having
known
anyone
by
the
name
Siddiqui.
"The
last
time
I
was
in
Saudi
Arabia
was
in
1998.
After
that
I
have
not
been
there.
I
do
not
know
anyone
by
the
name
Siddiqui
and
my
name
is
being
dragged
into
the
controversy
unnecessarily," said
Azharuddin.
"I
do
not
want
my
name
to
feature
in
the
controversy
anymore
because
this
is
misleading
the
people,"
he
added.
The
Siddiqui
family
has
charged
Malik
with
harassing
Ayesha,
cheating
to
marry
another
girl
and
accused
criminal
intimidation.
They
have
also
filed
a
case
in
this
regard.
Ayesha
has
alleged
that
she
and
Malik
are
already
married,
and,
he
is
marrying
ace
tennis
star
Sania
Mirza
without
her
consent.
Meanwhile,
the
Hyderabad
Police
on
Monday
questioned
Malik
for
over
two
hours
at
Sania's
house.
Malik
reportedly
claimed
his
signature
on
the
nikhanama
was
forged.
Earlier,
acting
on
Mohammed
Siddiqui's
complaint,
police
asked
Malik
not
to
leave
the
city
without
their
permission
and
also
alerted
immigration
officials.
A
police
team
has
also
questioned
the
Siddiqui
family
at
their
residence,
following
an
allegation
of
forgery
levelled
by
Malik.