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In response to a summons issued by a local court, actress Aishwarya Rai and her family members have said they would appear on February 27 before a magistrate in a cheating case filed by a real estate agent against them.

Magistrate S.Y. Shishode had issued the summons on January 10 and it has been already served on the respondents by Bandra police station, Aishwarya’s lawyer Ramesh Singh said here today. The magistrate directed the actress and her family to remain present in the court on February 27.

The agent, Krishna Kumar Shetty, filed a private complaint in a Bandra court alleging that in 1998 he had rendered services to help Aishwarya’s family buy a 3,000-square feet flat in Bandra. However, they did not pay him brokerage as had been agreed between them.