Team Mangalorean - Mumbai
with inputs from Dubai

Mumbai: Missing Bollywod starlet Laila Khan of Pakistan origin, who mysteriously disappeared with her family members over a year ago, is reportedly in Dubai.

This has been revealed by an associate of hers, Parvez Ahmed Tak, who is now under custody and is being interrogated by the Mumbai police.

She is reportedly linked with a Dubai-based underworld don, whose underling Sonu has married Laila now.

Laila had acted in a Kannada movie called 'Make-up' with Jaggesh and was also featured in a few Bollywood movies.  She acted with Rajesh Khanna in 'Wafaa'.

About one and a half year ago, she had disappeared with other members of her family from her Oshiwara residence in Mumbai. It was feared that she had been killed with her family members.

Tak has indicated that she and her family members might have used fake passports to escape to Dubai. This has put an end to the theory that they had been murdered. Tak is said to have driven the item girl's car to Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir. Thereafter, two cars belonging to Khan’s mother Saleena have been found abandoned in Jammu and Kashmir. Laila is reportedly on the run with her mother Saleena, two sisters, two cousins, and her stepfather Ateeq.

A complaint was lodged with the Mumbai police by Laila Khan's father, Nadir Shah Patel, who alleged that his daughter Laila Khan along with her mother Saleena Patel, her sister Azmina Patel, her stepfather Asif Sheikh and their family friend Pervez Iqbal Tak went missing after they left for Kashmir to attend a wedding.

Laila Khan has not been seen since February 2011. The Bollywood actress, born in Pakistan, was working on a new movie when she went missing, together with her mother, sister, a family friend and a domestic servant.

The disappearance puzzled investigators, who observed the contrast between her small-time roles and lavish lifestyle. Her Mitsubishi Outlander was found abandoned in a remote village in Kishtwar a year ago.

Vital documents found in the car indicated her links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists involved in the September 2011 Delhi High Court blast that killed 11 people.

Call records show that two suspected LeT associates, Pervez Tak and Asif Sheikh, had frequent telephonic conversations with Laila.

Enquiries have revealed that Laila was previously married to Bangladeshi terrorist Munir Khan, who was linked to the banned group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji). Through Munir she is believed to have come into contact with LeT.