The Sharjah Jail authorities have released actress Chrisann Pereira, after receiving details from the Mumbai Crime Branch and Indian authorities about how she was framed on the pretext of a role in an international web series, and made a drug mule. Her family confirmed to mid-day on Wednesday that she has been released from prison, and is on her way to Dubai to complete the formalities to get her passport back and within 48 hours will be in Mumbai.

According to Premila, Chrisann’s mother, “At around 5:30 pm on Wednesday, she spoke to her father and brother and said that she had been released. She was happy that the trauma she had been going through was coming to an end.”