Mumbai: Bollywood's prominent director Anurag Kashyap is summoned by the Mumbai Police in connection with a sexual assault charges filed against him by actor Payal Ghosh.
Kashyap is asked to appear at Versova Police station tomorrow at 11 a.m.
As reported earlier, Ghosh has filed an FIR against Kashyap at Versova Police Station. Charges against filmmaker in the FIR include rape, wrongful restrain, wrongful confinement and outraging modesty of a woman.
Payal officially levelled MeToo allegations against Kashyap on September 19, on her verified Twitter account. A day later, in an interview with a newswire, she claimed that Kashyap stripped off in front of her and tried to molest her in 2014.
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Kashyap, however, has denied all sexual assault allegations levelled against him Payal, saying the charges are baseless. Last week, he also released a statement via lawyer Priyanka Khimani on the accusations by Ghosh. It clearly states that all the allegations levied against him are completely false and that he will pursue the matter through legal means.
On September 29, Payal met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari seeking Y-category security. The meeting took place at Raj Bhavan in the city. Payal was accompanied by Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale.
Ever since Payal levelled the charges, Kashyap has received support from several other Bollywood colleagues including filmmakers Anubhav Sinha, Hansal Mehta, Ram Gopal Varma, and Vasan Bala. His ex-wives Aarti Bajaj and Kalki Koechlin have stood by him as have actors Taapsee Pannu, Tisca Chopra, Surveen Chawla, and Mahie Gill among others.
