Wadia threw burning cigarettes on my face

• Ness's behaviour towards me was getting more and more aggressive and violent over a period of time
• I had no intention to harm him in anyway by lodging a police complaint, but I had no option left

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Preity Zinta, who has accused industrialist Ness Wadia of molestation, said her former boyfriend had thrown burning cigarettes at her and locked her up in a room even before the May 30 incident at Wankhede Stadium after which she filed a police complaint.

"Ness's behaviour towards me is getting more and more aggressive and violent over a period of time. From throwing burning cigarettes on my face to locking me up in rooms and manhandling me, I have seen it all with him," she said in a letter to Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria.

However, a source close to Wadia has dismissed the charge as false.

Preity had submitted a letter to Maria on June 30 when she met him to seek permission to go abroad.

"I (Zinta) just want him (Wadia) to be kept away from me so I can live in peace, otherwise one unfortunate day, in a fit of rage, he will kill me and that really scares me," she said in the letter, according to a police officer privy to the probe.

"I had no intention to harm him (Wadia) in anyway by lodging a police complaint, but I had no option left but to come to the police department for my safety. I am genuinely paranoid that he will try to harm me directly or indirectly in the future," she said.