Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi entered into the Page 3 circuit by participating in Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty(Kundra) and Raj Kundra’s lavish reception at the Graydn Hyatt, Mumbai on Tuesday evening according to reports.

Switching different roles in one day, Modi inaugurated CEPT University’s international conference in the morning, went to surprise inspection of government run rural school in the afternoon and then went to Mumbai to participate in Shilpa Shetty’s wedding party in the evening.

The impressive guest list in the party included Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri. Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Roshan, Rani Mukherjee, Zyed Khan, Sunil Shetty, Fardeen Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Sameera Reddy, Amisha Patel, Kangana Ranaut, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Vivek Oberoi, Govinda with his daughter and wife, Rekha and Jaya Pradha, Javed Akhtar and Shabana Aazmi, Tanaz Irani with her daughter among others. IPL boss Lalit Modi and ‘Page 3 Praful’ aka Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel were also present in the party.

The menu included a selection of Indian, Western (Italian) and Asian (Thai and Chinese) cuisine served at live counters. The big attraction of the evening was the nine-tier wedding cake weighing over 80 kgs consisting of chocolate, candied fruits, fruit peels and nuts. The decoration chosen by Shilpa and her sister Shamita Shetty, consisted of flowers and butterflies. RDB and Rishi Rich performed free of cost during the reception.

Modi was invited to Shilpa’s wedding also but he couldn’t make it. However he called her on phone and wished her for her weddings and also apologized for not to be able to come. Modi reportedly sent a greeting card also to Shilpa wishing her happy marriage life.

Shetty family is under Gujarat Police investigation

It should be mentioned here that Shilpa Shetty’s father Surendra Shetty, 62, and his wife Sunanda are charged by Gujarat’s Surat police with hiring gangsters to recover Rs 80 lakh (approximately US$170,000) reportedly due to Shilpa, who had modelled for an advertisement produced by Praful Sarees in 1998. They allegedly threatened Pankaj Agarwal, director of the company producing the saris.

Ms Shilpa had done modeling for Praful Saree, but when its owner Pankaj Agrawal had failed to pay the agreed amount of Rs 2 crore to her, Shilpa’s parents–Surendra Shetty and his wife Sunanda–had given a money recovery contract to Fazloo in 2003.

As part of this contract, Fazloo had made several calls to Mr Agrawal demanding Rs 2 crore in March, 2003, and later also.

Following this, Mr Agrawal had lodged a police complaint at Umra Police station of the city on May 1, 2003. Shilpa’s parents were called to the city and arrested by the local crime branch then but were later released on bail.

Fazloo was absconding since then but was later arrested by Delhi Police in connection with other crimes. He was lodged in Tihar Jail.

He was brought in Surat in March this year by a special team of the Surat Crime Branch. City Crime Branch DCP Subhash Trivedi had at that time told media persons that Shilpa may be questioned if gangster Fazloo Rahman discloses her name in Praful Saree extortion case.

In 2003 the Surat police had informed the court that it had prima facie evidence of Shetty’s involvement in the attempt to extort the dues from Agarwal and had allegedly tape-recorded a telephone conversation between him and the complainant in this regard. Assistant Police Inspector A A Damor, from the Umra police station, Surat had told the court the police had recorded a telephone conversation between Shetty and Agarwal, in which the latter mentioned a threatening call from a gangster to settle Shilpa’s account for Rs 2 crore (US $425,000). After his arrest Shilpa’s father was interrogated by investigating official B V Ramani at Umra police station. Ramani had told reporters that during interrogation Surendra admitted to having talked to Rehman’s associate Uday Shetty alias Ashraf.

Sunanda Shetty met Modi in Gandhinagar

In 2004, Sunanda Shetty came to Gandhinagar to meet Mr. Modi and spent around 15 minutes with him. After this meeting she told waiting reporters that it was a “courtesy call.” When asked what was discussed in the meeting, Shetty said she spoke of “the beauty of Ahmedabad.” When pressed further, she said: “Other things were also discussed…I can’t be just talking about Ahmedabad alone….it is personal.”