Mumbai: Actor Payal Ghosh, who has accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment, will file an FIR against him at Oshiwara Police Station today, said her lawyer Nitin Satpute.
The actor went to file the FIR on Monday evening, but due to the absence of a lady police officer at the police station, the complaint was not lodged. Moreover, it was unclear that under whose jurisdiction will her case fall.
"Whatever happened with Payal Ghosh, it happened a few years ago. She had tweeted about the incident and talked about it to some people. Meanwhile, she has vividly described what happened to her during a media interaction. This is a case of outraging the modesty of a woman and is a cognizable offence. The accused has to suffer three years imprisonment for the offence," lawyer Nitin Satpute said.
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Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi actor had on Saturday come forward with her Me Too and claimed that Kashyap forced himself on her in the pretext of giving work. She shared that the filmmaker sexually harassed her in 2014.
Anurag, on Monday, once again denied the allegations against him and said he intends to pursue remedies in law to the fullest extent. Issuing a statement through his lawyer, Kashyap also said it was sad that a movement as important as the#MeToo one had been co-opted by vested interests and reduced to a mere tool for character assassination.
In this battle between Payal and Anurag, many Bollywood celebrities have been supporting the filmmaker. Kashyap's ex-wives Aarti Bajaj and Kalki Koechlin have shared powerful posts in support of him. Also, celebrities like Taapsee Pannu and others who have worked with him in Bollywood films have also supported the filmmaker.
