Mumbai:Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is being accused of sexual harassment by actor Payal Ghosh. Reacting to the charges levelled against him, Kashyap in his defence said neither he engages in such behaviour nor he would tolerate it happening around him.
Payal, who accused Anurag of sexual assault a few years ago took to her verified Twitter account to open up against Kashyap on Saturday evening. She tagged the office of the Prime Minister of India in her tweet.
"@anuragkashyap72 has forced himself on me and extremely badly. @PMOIndia @narendramodi ji, kindly take action and let the country see the demon behind this creative guy. I am aware that it can harm me and my security is at risk. Pls help!," tweeted Payal.
Payal Ghosh levels #metoo allegation against Anurag Kashyap Anurag, in a series of tweets in Hindi, has defended himself by saying the sexual harassment charges are 'baseless'.
"Wow, it took so long in the attempt to silence me. It's ok. In the attempt to silence me, you dragged several other women despite being a woman yourself. Have some limit Madam. Will just want to say that whatever the accusations are, they are all unsubstantiated, "
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Expressing resentment over dragging Bachchan family into the mudslinging, her further wrote, "In the process of accusing me you tried to drag my artists and the Bachchan family but failed. Madam I have been married twice, if that's my crime then I accept it, and have loved a lot, I accept that too. Whether it was my first wife or the second, or any other lover, or the many actresses I have worked with, or that team of girls and women who has always been working with me, or the many women who I met in private or in public."
The Manmarziyaan director concluded saying, "I do not engage in such behaviour or tolerate it. Whatever happens, we shall see. One can see in your video how much of it is truth and how much of it isn't. Blessings and love to you. Apologies for answering your English with my Hindi."
Payal told a newswire that she "was scared all these days and has finally come out now." She found support in National Commission for Women, with its chairperson Rekha Sharma assuring the actor that the NCW will take cognisance of the case.
"You may send me the detailed complaint at chairperson-ncw@nic.in and @NCWIndia will look into it. @iampayalghosh," Sharma tweeted.
