courtesy: the indian express
TV actor Simran Budharup, known for her role in Pandya Store, brings to light the incident on social media with regret. She alleged being manhandled when she visited Mumbai’s popular Lalbaugcha Raja pandal with her mother.
Simran wrote in the note, “Really Disheartening Experience at Lalbagh Cha Raja Darshan. Today, I visited Lalbagh Cha Raja with my mother to seek blessings, but our experience was marred by the unacceptable behaviour of the staff.”
The actor took to her Instagram handle and shared a video in which the pandal staff is seen pushing her down after she rebuked them for snatching the phone from her mother.
She added further, “A man from the organization snatched my mother’s phone while she was clicking the picture (she was In The queue behind me not that she was taking any extra time as It was my turn for the Darshan), and when she tried to retrieve it, he pushed her. I intervened, and the bouncers rough-handled me, when I started recording this behavior of them they tried snatching my phone too (it’s In this video where I am yelling “Mat Karo! Kya Kar Rahe ho aap) . It was only when they discovered I’m an actor that they backed off.”
The actor believes that the incident must be brought into light for awareness and accountability.
