Aamir Khan’s Family Issues Statement in Response to Faissal Khan’s Allegations

Aamir Khan and his family have issued a statement in response to Faissal Khan’s allegations against them. Aamir’s brother Faissal recently accused the actor and his family of confining him, mistreating him and branding him as a schizophrenic. The family issued a statement that read, “We are distressed by Faissal’s hurtful and misleading portrayal of his mother Zeenat Tahir Husain, his sister Nikhat Hegde, and his brother Aamir. As this is not the first time he has misrepresented these events, we feel it necessary to clarify our intentions and reaffirm our solidarity as a family.”

The statement further clarified, “It is important to share that every choice regarding Faissal has been taken collectively as a family, in consultation with multiple medical professionals, and has been based on love, compassion, and a desire to support his emotional and psychological wellbeing. For this reason, we have refrained from publicly discussing the details of a painful and difficult period for our family. We request the media for empathy, and to refrain from turning a private matter into salacious, inflammatory and hurtful gossip.”

The statement has been signed by Reena Datta, Junaid Khan, Ira Khan, Farhat Datta, Rajiv Datta, Kiran Rao, Santosh Hegde, Seher Hegde, Mansoor Khan, Nuzhat Khan, Imran Khan, Tina Fonseca, Zayn Marie Khan and Pablo Khan. For the uninitiated, Faissal Khan claimed that his family was against him. He said, “They were saying I’ve got schizophrenia and I’m a mad person. I can harm society. All this was being talked about. I was looking at myself and thinking how do I get out of this trap? It was a trap for me. I was stuck in it because my family was against me. They were thinking I’m mad.”

Khan further claimed that he hoped his father would come to his aid, but the latter was away from family politics. He continued, “Aamir had locked me inside the house for a year. My phone was taken, I couldn’t go out.”