Actor convicted of molesting a small producer | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: A 48-year-old actor is accused of molesting a 32-year-old woman after he invited her to his house on the pretext of working together on Tuesday.

According to the police, the victim runs a small production house from his house in Goregaon, from where he posts videos and short films on social media. She received Facebook messages from an account that included the actor’s name and photo used in his profile. “Seeing no reason why the actor would want to contact her, she initially assumed it was a fake profile. However, she later asked the person talking to her to have a video call with her. To her surprise, it was the actor himself,” said an officer of Khar police station.

The actor allegedly told her to meet him at his office in Khar to discuss the shooting issue. The woman went to the address he gave him around 5:30 p.m. He told her to go to the third floor, police added. It was not an office, but his residence. When she arrived, an elderly person opened the door. When she asked about the actor, he called her directly to his bedroom. After opening the bedroom door, she found him naked. He insisted that she come into the bedroom. She told him she felt uncomfortable, but he forced her inside and touched her inappropriately. The woman managed to escape from his house. “When she reached home, she received abusive messages from the actor. The next day, she went to the police with a complaint and an FIR was registered against the actor,” the officer said.

He added that the actor was punished under Articles 74 (assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75 (sexual harassment) and 79 (word, gesture or act intended to outrage the modesty of a woman) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. “We have already called the actor,” the officer said.