Anurag Kashyap has been making his way to the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Recently, the filmmaker has been accused of sexual misconduct by actress Payal Ghosh which sparked a debate on the social media. The actress also filed an FIR and now as per the recent update on the case, Anurag has be summoned to appear at the Versova police station on Thursday. ANI confirmed the news by stating, “Mumbai Police summons film director Anurag Kashyap (in file photo) asking him to appear at Versova Police station tomorrow at 11 am, in connection with the alleged sexual assault against actor.”
Here’s the tweet:
Mumbai Police summons film director Anurag Kashyap (in file photo) asking him to appear at Versova Police station tomorrow at 11 am, in connection with the alleged sexual assault against actor Payal Ghosh. pic.twitter.com/JLnlgO6Pzb
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2020
Previously, Kashyap through an official statement by his lawyer, dismissed the allegations and termed them ‘baseless’. “My client, Anurag Kashyap, has been deeply pained by the false allegations of sexual misconduct that have recently surfaced against him. These allegations are completely false, malicious and dishonest,” his lawyer Priyanka Khimani had said in a statement.
Payal who registered a rape case against Anurag last week, had met the Governor of Maharashtra BS Koshyari, on Tuesday. The purpose of this meeting was to demand action against the filmmaker. She was accompanied by Rajya Sabha MP Ramdas Athawale. The two had also met Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Vishwas Nangare Patil earlier in the week, seeking security for the actor.
In the FIR , Payal has mentioned that Kashyap raped her at a place on Yari Road in Versova in 2013. Mumbai Police had registered an FIR against Anurag after the actor accused him of sexual misconduct in 2013, an official said. The First Information Report (FIR) was registered at Versova police station on September 22 after the actor, along with her lawyer Nitin Satpute, approached the police, the official said.
The FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (I) (rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement), the official said, adding that further investigation is underway.
