Burning cigarette thrown on the face, molestation and abuse... IPL's 'hate story', when two owners of Punjab Kings fought like cat and dog

This season of IPL 2025 was in a lot of discussion, many controversies took place. A dispute also took place between the owners of Punjab Kings, who are playing the final match today.

Punjab Kings Owner Preity Zinta-Ness Wadia's Relationship: This season of IPL 2025 was in a lot of discussion, many controversies took place. A dispute also took place between the owners of Punjab Kings, who are playing the final match today. Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta went to court against her business partners. Preity knocked the door of the court against Punjab Kings co-owners Ness Wadia and Mohit Burman. The matter was related to the board meeting of the company. This was not the first time that the fight between the owners of Punjab Kings came out in the public eye. Earlier, the dispute between Preity and Ness Wadia has reached the court. The two were once love birds but the hatred between them grew so much that the matter reached the court.

Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia's love and conflict

Preity and Ness Wadia, both were interested in sports. Both of them bought the IPL team Kings XI Punjab together in the year 2008. Both became business partners, but this story had started in the year 2005 itself. Bollywood actress Preity Zinta confirmed her relationship with Ness Wadia in the year 2005. Preity and Ness Wadia were seen together at the wedding of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, after which discussions started about their relationship. Wadia Group heir Ness Wadia and Preity Zinta were seen together on many occasions. But after becoming business partners in IPL, their relationship started changing.

Fight during the match

In 2014, a match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings was going on at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. Ness Wadia had come to watch the match with his mother and nephew. Ness Wadia, who arrived late, did not get seats in the VIP box. He was asked to wait for 10-15 minutes. He saw Preity Zinta sitting with her friends in the first row of the VIP box, he started arguing with Preity for a seat. The argument escalated so much that both of them went out of the VIP box to the corporate office.

Cigarette thrown on face, molestation charges

Nobody knows what happened in the room, on the night of June 13, 2014, Preity Zinta filed a case against Ness Wadia in Marine Drive Police Station. She accused Ness Wadia of molestation, abusing and threatening her. She gave a statement to the police that Ness Wadia threw a burning cigarette on her face, kept her locked in the room for hours.

Who is Ness Wadia

After this, the relationship between Ness Wadia and Preity Zinta deteriorated. Both were seen avoiding each other's gaze. Even though both never spoke openly about the breakup, their paths became completely separate. Let us tell you that Ness Wadia is the son of Nussi Wadia, the owner of 'Wadia Group Company'. Ness is the director of Britannia Industry, one of the industries of his Wadia Group Companies.