Mumbai Police summons filmmaker Anurag Kashyap over alleged sexual harassment
- Mumbai Police have summoned Anurag Kashyap at Versova Police Station
- An FIR against him was registered at the same police station on September 23
- The filmmaker had dismissed the charges as 'baseless'
The Mumbai Police on Wednesday summoned filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, asking him to appear before them on October 1 in a case related to actor Payal Ghosh’s allegation of sexual harassment against him, news agency ANI reported.
“Mumbai Police summons film director Anurag Kashyap asking him to appear at Versova Police station tomorrow at 11 am, in connection with the alleged sexual assault against actor Payal Ghosh,” ANI’s tweet read.
Mumbai Police on September 23 had registered an FIR against the ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ director after Ghosh accused him of sexual assault in 2013, PTI reported.
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The FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (I) (rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty,), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement), an official told PTI, adding that further investigation is underway.
Kashyap had dismissed the charges as ‘baseless’. His lawyer in a tweet said, “My client, Anurag Kashyap, has been deeply pained by the false allegations, these are completely false, malicious and dishonest.”
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