MUMBAI: Popular Bollywood actor Preity Zinta has registered a complaint against co-owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab and ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia, alleging that he molested, abused and threatened her inside the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, said a report published on the Times of India.

In a six-page complaint registered with the police, Zinta said: "I have known Ness Wadia for the last ten years and had a relationship with him. We ended our relationship some time back. Although we are co-owners of Kings XI Punjab, we only talk for professional reasons."

She said they had not been talking to each for a while and in between, they also had some heated arguments regarding work during which he attempted to abuse her and used foul language. She said she had been humiliated in front of her friends, family and colleagues.

Zinta added that she had issued him a warning and told him she was not comfortable with such behaviour.

She moreover said Ness had insisted that she sit beside him during the IPL auction in Bangalore and had turned nasty when she refused to comply.

The incident mentioned in the complaint lodged with the police allegedly took place on May 30 at Mumbai Wankhede Stadium where their team was playing a match.

The bubbly actor said that Wadia was shouting at the team staff and she asked him to calm down.

She said that he started abusing and screaming at her, grabbed her arm and tried to pull her, adding that she vacated her seat as she did not want to create a scene.

Zinta alleged that he had used derogatory language, threatened her with dire consequences and also intimidated her by bragging about his political connections. He said he could make her vanish as she was a nobody and that he was a powerful person.

She said the incident had left her shattered and made her feel unsafe and ashamed as a woman. She added that she had immediately registered a verbal complaint with Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials that day.