New Delhi: In a press conference in Delhi, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's attorney Nadeem Zafar Zaidi addressed the ongoing conflict he and his wife Aaliya alias Zainab aka Anjana Kishor Pandey are having.


In response to Aaliya's allegations that Nawazuddin and his family had harassed her at home, the actor's attorney asserted that Aaliya is still legally married to her first husband, Vinay Bhargav. According to reports, Nawazuddin has left his Mumbai home and is now staying at a hotel because of the dispute. Due to a property disagreement, his mother filed a complaint against Aaliya.


"In 2001, Aaliya aka Anjali Kumari, an 8th class fail, married Vinay Bhargav. Then she came to Mumbai and became Anjana Pandey, then Anjana Anand in 2010. Then she became Zainab and converted to Islam. After that she married Nawazuddin and divorced him in 2011 with mutual consent. But when Nawazuddin’s career skyrocketed, she again came into his life as Aaliya. In 2020 she sent him a divorce notice which makes no sense as the two had already separated,” in a new statement to media, India Today quoted the actor's lawyer saying.


Aaliya allegedly fabricated her date of birth, according to him, because it varies in her passport and marksheet.


“Anjana had another love marriage with a man named Rahul in 2008-2009, and the two also lived together in a flat in Goregaon, Mumbai. Due to Anjana's ambition to become big, they formed a gang, which includes one of Anjana's sisters, Archana Pandey. Anjana Pandey was fulfilling her ambition by living in Mumbai, while in Jabalpur, Vinay Bhargav married Anjana's sister. Archana Bhargav is already the wife of Rajkumar Shukla and there was no divorce between the two. Vinay Bhargav also registered Anjana's name as his wife in the railway department which was found during scrutiny of the records. Together, all three cheated the railway department and got the benefit of the facilities of the railways,” he said.


Aaliya's attorney said last month that Nawazuddin and his family has "ensured no food or bathroom is given to my client."


Nawazuddin and Aaliya got married in 2011 and have two kids--Shora and Yaani.