Surendra Shetty's bail petition
posted for Tuesday

The Gujarat high court on Monday posted for Tuesday the hearing on the bail application of Surendra Shetty, father of actress Shilpa Shetty.

The Surat police have registered a case of alleged extortion against him and two others.

Shetty moved the high court after a local court in Surat rejected his anticipatory bail plea on May 30.

The Surat court had also turned down Surendra's plea for a 15-day stay on its order to enable the accused to file an appeal in the Gujarat high court.

Shilpa's parents - Surendra and Sunanda - had allegedly hired a gangster to recover Rs 80 lakh (Rs eight million) from the owner of Praful Sarees as part of the dues owed to their daughter who had modelled for the company a few years back.

Police claim to have recorded telephonic conversations between a gangster and the victim Pankaj Agrawal as well as between Shilpa's parents and Agrawal.

Surendra has, however, denied the allegations saying the conversation was fabricated.