The Mumbai Police has booked actor-producer Aditya Aditya Pancholi for rape based on a complaint filed by an actress. The actress in question has accused Pancholi of raping her on multiple occasions in the past.
In her written complaint filed at the Varsova Police Station, the said actress she was allegedly forced to remain in a relationship with Pancholi for several years adding that the latter would often harass her both mentally and physically.
Versova Police Station, according to India Today, has registered a case vide CR no 198/2019 U/s 376, 328, 384, 341, 342, 323, 506 IPC. The cops are, however, not sure how they would prove the woman’s allegations given that the case is more than 10 years old. They have, however, launched an investigation.
Pancholi has denied allegations of rape. “I am being falsely implicated in this case. I have all the evidence and video in this case. I am ready to cooperate with the Mumbai Police. If they will call me for my statement, then I will cooperate. I am ready for investigation. I knew that a case will be registered against me. I am not going anywhere. The police have not approached me after the FIR was registered,” news agency ANI quoted him as saying.
The actress had earlier alleged that Pancholi first abused her when she just 17 years old
The last time, Pnacholi was seen in any film was Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani in 2015.
In 2016, a local court in Mumbai had convicted Pancholi and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment for assaulting his neighbour.
In 2015, his son Sooraj Pancholi was booked under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for abetment to suicide of actress Jiah Khan.