Bollywood actress Payal Ghosh files FIR against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap for rape

By Himalayan News Service

Published: 09:31 pm Sep 23, 2020

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KATHMANDU: Bollywood actress Payal Ghosh has filed an FIR against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap accusing him of rape, wrongful restrain, wrongful confinement and outraging the modesty of a woman. According to IANS, Ghosh's lawyer Nitin Satpute shared details of the FIR in a statement in the early hours of September 23. The FIR was filed late on September 22 night at Versova Police Station. IANS quoted Satpute's statement as reading: 'Finally FIR has been lodged against Accused for the offence Rape, Wrongful Restrain, Wrongful Confinement and outraging modesty of woman U/S 376(1), 354, 341, 342 of IPC, @iampayalghosh.' Kashyap has dismissed the allegations as 'baseless'. Kashyap will be called for questioning in connection with the alleged seven-year-old incident, according to PTI. In her police complaint, Ghosh alleged that Kashyap raped her at a place on Yari Road in Versova in 2013.

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Bollywood actress Payal Ghosh files FIR against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap for rape