"Shiney Ahuja has been embroiled in a rape case and is awaiting medical tests. An 18-year old maid servant has made the charges, which landed the Bollywood actor in the custody of the Oshiwara Police Station in Mumbai this week.

I have handled the publicity for Shiney a year ago and was also one of the first to reach the Oshiwara Police Station last evening, to try and help him.

When I received the news that Shiney was in trouble, I cancelled all my appointments for the evening and rushed to the Police Station. On my way, I called my advocate friend Mr Rizwan Siddiquee who has also worked with Shiney earlier and apprised him of the situation.

The advocate joined me there within minutes and we discussed a couple of points and met some police personnel. Though the cops had taken Shiney in for questioning, we did the best we could to help. After this, I headed to Shiney's residence but discovered that his family was out of town.

From last evening, there has been widespread media reaction and speculation about him. I understand that television is much about sensationalism, but at the same time, I feel that the channels need to restrain themselves a bit in such matters, before jumping to conclusions or tarnishing Shiney's image.

Our constitution says, a man is innocent until proven guilty. I guess, we just need to give this a little more time, until there is clarity about what really happened.

I've known Shiney for almost four years now. He is a good human being and I will do all that is possible to help him."