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He loves Sania Mirza, and is in jail now!

IANS | By, Hyderabad
Jul 10, 2009 01:02 PM IST

Two days before tennis star Sania Mirza's engagement, a youth who claims to be in love with her was arrested on for allegedly creating nuisance at her residence.

Two days before tennis star Sania Mirza's engagement, a youth who claims to be in love with her was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly creating nuisance at her residence here.

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Police said Mohammed Ashraf, 28, late Tuesday created a scene at the player's residence claiming that he is in love with Sania. The civil engineering student from Kerala demanded that her engagement be cancelled.

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Ashraf along with his friend D. Mohanty went to Sania's house and had a heated argument with her father Imran Mirza. They demanded Imran cancel Sania's engagement.

India's number one woman tennis player's engagement is scheduled July 10 with Sohrab Mirza, son of a local businessman.

On a complaint from Imran Mirza, a case was registered at the Banjara Hills police station. Police Wednesday arrested Ashraf for trespass and making threatening calls to the player. He will be brought to a court later in the day.

Asharf told police that he was in love with Sania and wanted to marry her. On learning about Sania's scheduled engagement with a local man, Asharf and his friend went to her house to demand that the engagement be cancelled.

A police officer quoted Asharf as saying that he saw Sania playing in a tournament in Bangalore and fell in love with her. He was also sending messages and making threatening calls to Sania on her mobile phone.

Policemen were posted at Sania's house after the incident.

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