Shoaib Malik Story

Shafi Osman (L), a relative of Sania Mirza, mediators Major Qadri (2L) and Abid Rasool Khan (2R), and Farisa Siddiqui (R), the mother of Ayesha Siddiqui, attend a press conference as other family members looks on in the background in Hyderabad

M.A. Siddiqui, father of Ayesha Siddiqui, the woman claiming to be Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik‘s wife, talks to the media outside his residence in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Hyderabad police have questioned Malik about Siddiqui

Supporters of Ayesha Siddiqui, the woman claiming to be Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik‘s wife, shout slogans against Malik outside Siddiqui’s residence in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Hyderabad police have questioned Malik about Siddiqu

M.S. Siddiqui, father of Ayesha Siddiqui who claims she is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoab Malik, leaves the family residence in Hyderabad on April 6, 2010. Preparations for Malik’s cross-border wedding to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza have been

M.S. Siddiqui, father of Ayesha Siddiqui who claims she is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoab Malik, addresses media outside the family residence in Hyderabad on April 6, 2010. Preparations for Malik’s cross-border wedding to Indian tennis star Sania

Indian supporters of Ayesha Siddiqui, who claims she is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoab Malik, hold placards reading ‘Shoaib is a fool’ and shout slogans in front of her residence in Hyderabad on April 6, 2010. Preparations for the Malik’s.

Shiraz Sareen Khan (L), president of the United Women Front, displays an alleged photocopy of a nikhanama (marriage certificate) which she claims shows the signatures of Pakistani cricketer Shoiab Malik and Ayesha Siddiqui in front of the Siqqidui

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, left, and Pakistan‘s former cricket captain Shoaib Malik, right, react as they address the media in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 5, 2010. Police have questioned Malik ahead of his planned marriage to Mirza regarding

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, left and Pakistan‘s former cricket captain Shoaib Malik, right, address the media in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 5, 2010. Police have questioned Malik ahead of his planned marriage to Mirza regarding allegations made

Pakistan‘s cricket player Shoaib Malik (R) speaks with the media as India‘s tennis player Sania Mirza (L) watches outside Mirza’s residence in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad April 5, 2010. Indian police on Monday seized the passport of the

Media persons gather in front of Indian tennis star Sania Mirza‘s home as police question Pakistan‘s former cricket captain Shoaib Malik, unseen, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 5, 2010. Police have questioned Malik ahead of his planned marriage to

Indian police officers stand in the premises of Indian tennis star Sania Mirza‘s residence as their senior colleagues question Pakistan‘s former cricket captain Shoaib Malik, unseen, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 05, 2010. Police have questioned.

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik (C) talks to journalists gathered outside the residence of Indian tennis player Sania Mirza in Hyderabad on April 4, 2010. Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik attempted in an interview published on April 4 to end confusion

Pakistan‘s cricket player Shoaib Malik (R) speaks to the media outside the residence of India‘s tennis player Sania Mirza in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad April 4, 2010. Malik and Mirza, two of South Asia‘s best known sports personalities

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik holds a press release as he addresses the media outside Indian tennis player Sania Mirza‘s house in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, April 4, 2010. According to news reports, Malik’s alleged first wife Ayesha Siddiqui will file

In this picture taken on March 30, 2005, Pakistani cricketer Shoiab Malik (L) looks on as Fareesa Siddiqui – the mother of Ayesha Siddiqui gestures while addressing media representatives at their home in Hyderabad. An Indian woman who claims to be…

What Shoaib and Ayesha told the Hyderabad police

Thursday, April 08, 2010
HYDERABAD, India: Even as Shoaib Malik has decided to sign the talaknama or divorce papers, thereby conceding that he was married to Ayesha Siddiqui, the Hyderabad police is yet to zero down on who exactly is at fault in the Sania-Shoaib-Ayesha love triangle. Police officials said that the statements of various persons are still being recorded as they try to ascertain the truth. The police had prepared a questionnaire for both Ayesha and Shoaib, and both answered most of it. Here�s what both Ayesha and Shoaib said during interrogation.

Ayesha Siddiqui

�I met him for the first time in Sharjah in the year 2000. I was having my food at a restaurant, and after my food, as I was leaving, Shoaib came up to me and said that I had left my hair clip at the table. When he handed over the hair clip to me, I asked if he was a cricketer. He said, �Yes I play for Pakistan.�. I just joked to him and said, �I play for Australia�.

�We met a couple of times and he returned to Pakistan after that. It was he who insisted that we get married. In fact, he was the one who also suggested the telephonic nikaah, to which I agreed. During our various conversations through telephone and e-mail, he kept nagging me about my weight.

�I did my best to lose weight, since he kept insisting on it so much. He had sent me various e-mails with the ids, malik786@hotmail.com and moon291@hotmail.com.

�However, when I agreed to the nikaah on telephone, I was in Jeddah, while he was in Sialkot. He then sent me all the papers on which I signed and sent it back to him. He then got all the papers stamped and sent it back to me.�

The police say there are various questions cropping up in the case.

�We need to question her further to find out if she is telling the whole truth. There is talk about the semen samples, which would be produced to us. But we need to ascertain the same through tests and also look into the aspect as to why any wife would keep semen samples. If at all the samples are made available then we would also look into the aspect as to whether she is just being vindictive by nature�

Shoaib Malik

Meanwhile, Shoaib was also questioned a couple of times. His signature on the nikahnama is being verified, the results of which would help police get a lot of information.

During questioning, Malik has said that he always met this girl as maha apa.

�The girl whom I met was not the girl who is in the picture at the moment. The real person with whom I was in touch with has never come in front of me. I had visited India thrice to meet her, but the person who is now speaking has never come in front of me. The girl whom I kept meeting was someone else altogether and I am seeing this girl who has been creating this ruckus for the first time,� Malik told the police.

Shoiab was, however, contradictory when questioned about the signatures. First, at a press conference, he said that the signatures are his, but in front of the police he denied having said that. The police say that the only way to find out the truth about the signatures is through a forensics test.

Malik-Sania�s marriage preparations, meanwhile, are on in full swing. The next couple of days though would be crucial; much will depend on how the investigations progress. Family members say that if there is no clear picture emerging the marriage could be put off to later date.