Celina Jaitly Recalls Leaving Austria With Hardly Any Money, After Hearing About Brother's Detention

Former actress, Celina Jaitly is widely known for winning the Femina Miss India 2001. She has never shied away from speaking her mind. Be it her professional work or something personal, Celina has always been vocal. Earlier in 2025, she grabbed a lot of attention after announcing her divorce from her husband, Peter Haag. In a recent interview, Celina revealed how she reacted when she heard about her brother, Maj. (Rtd.) Vikrant Kumar Jaitly’s detention. He was allegedly detained in the UAE since September 2024.

Celina Jaitly shares her reaction after she heard about her brother's detention

In a recent interview, Celina Jaitly shared that around September 29, 2024, a call came at nine at night. She was living in Austria back then. Initially, she thought that her brother, Maj. (Rtd.) Vikrant Kumar Jaitly was playing some kind of a prank. She recalled the moment and mentioned that at the time, she was in a bad marriage, but tried her level best to adjust for her children. She was quoted as saying:

"I got to know around September 29. The call came at around nine at night. I was living in Austria then. At first, I thought my brother was playing a prank. For an hour, I dismissed it as one of his stupid jokes… I was in a very ab**ive and bad marriage. But when you have children, you do everything to make that work. When you don't have parents, when you no longer have your assets, you do everything to keep your marriage going, specifically for your children."

Further in the interview, Celina shared that she made the decision to leave Austria and return to India in the middle of a personal battle. She revealed that when she returned to India, she had hardly any money. Celina added that she bought a ticket on a credit card and came to India only to stand up for her brother. She was quoted as saying:

"I took that decision in the middle of battle, without dragging my children into it. Knowing that if I don't leave Austria, I won't be able to stand up for my brother. At 1 o'clock in the night, with hardly any money, a ticket bought on a credit card, I left Austria and came to India."

When Celina Jaitly recalled her last phone call with her brother

Taking to her Instagram handle, Celina shared a lengthy, heartwrenching note on November 23, 2025, remembering her brother. She recalled their last phone call, which was painful. She mentioned how she has been dreading her brother. She wrote:

"It’s been 1 year, 2 months, 17 days, 443 days in total, 10,632 hours, 637,920 minutes…since my brother, Major Vikrant Kumar Jaitly,(Retd) was taken. I am waiting to hear his voice, I am waiting to see his face, I dread what they have done to him. I dread it because only I know who he was when he was whole, & I dread it because I know what he managed to communicate in that one final call…A call made to the only number he could still remember. A call carrying more pain than words. A call carrying more truth than the world is ready to face."

Celina Jaitly's heartfelt message to her brother

In the same note, Celina remembered the valuable words said by her late father, Colonel Vikram Kumar Jaitly. Addressing her brother, Celina mentioned that she has lost everything finding him, but will not stop and will not give up until her brother returns safely to his country. She wrote, "As my late father, Col VK Jaitly (SM), always said, 'If you want to honour a soldier, be an Indian worth dying for.' Bhai, I have lost everything finding you. I will not stop, I will not give up till he is back to the soil of his Bharat, the country he gave up all for!! Kalika Mata Ki Jai."

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