Actor Payal Ghosh, accusing director Anurag Kashyap of rape, had filed an FIR on 21st September at Versova Police station. Republic TV now reports that Anurag could be summoned by the Mumbai Police for questioning and record his statement on the accusation. Earlier, Payal Ghosh had questioned the police on why there wasn’t any arrest yet.
An FIR under IPC Sections 376 (I) (rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty,), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement) has been filed against the filmmaker. The actor reportedly had also filed a complaint with the Narcotics Control Bureau.
On the night of 21st September, Kashyap took to Twitter to share a statement put out by his lawyer, which said: “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.”
Check out the tweet here:
And here is the statement from my lawyer @PriyankaKhimani .. on my behalf .. thank You pic.twitter.com/0eXwNnK5ZI
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) September 20, 2020
