Sussanne Khan undeterred by cheating charges

Entrepreneur hits back at misrepresentation claims, saying she maintains the highest standards of ethics in her work

Sussanne Khan, entrepreneur and former wife of Hrithik Roshan has found herself in the eye of a brewing storm, with news reports claiming that she has been booked in an alleged cheating case in Goa. The company named Emgee Properties had apparently accused Sussanne of falsely claiming to be an architect in order to secure a contract with the company.

Sussanne, who is known to her friends and well-wishers to be an honest and no-nonsense person, has refuted the charges. “It is alleged that I have cheated them and misrepresented to the complainant that I am an architect,” states Sussanne. “The said complaint is motivated and preposterous and has been only filed to intimidate me and pressurise me to withdraw the arbitration proceedings initiated by me in the first instance to recover my dues and damages resulting from breach of contract.”

Talking about the beginnings of the dispute, Sussanne adds, “As a background I have challenged the termination of the contract and have invoked arbitration under the contract for recovery of my dues. As a counter-blast to the said proceedings Mr Mudhit Gupta only with the intention to harass and pressurise me to give into his frivolous counterclaim initiated the criminal complaint. I have not made any misrepresentation and have maintained the highest standards of ethics in discharge of my work.”

The entrepreneur says that this controversy will not affect her. “I am going to take the arbitral proceedings to the logical conclusion and instead of getting intimidated will respond to the frivolous charge in the most befitting way possible. Such wild allegations do not scare me. Rather it encourages me to stand and respond. The allegations are false and defamatory and I will take the appropriate action in accordance with the law.”