Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who arrived at the Versova
Police Station earlier this morning after being issued
summons on Wednesday, is being questioned in a rape
case filed last week. The Producer-Director has called the
rape allegations “baseless” and said he intends to take legal
action in the matter.
His lawyer Priyanka Khimani has also reached the police
station.
The summons was issued after the actor met Maharashtra
Governor BS Koshyari along with Rajya Sabha MP and
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale seeking Mr Kashyap’s
arrest.
The actor had recently accused Mr Kashyap of forcing
himself on her in 2013. According to the actor, he had
named three other actors as being “just a call away.” In
response, she claimed to have told Mr Kashyap, “You have
given a chance to Richa Chadha, Mahie Gill, Huma
Qureshi… they are so nominal looking girls. Generally,
directors don’t give them chance but you have done a great
job. But I am not mentally prepared for this right now (sic).”
While Richa Chadha has sent a legal notice to the actor,
Huma Qureshi has responded with a note in which she
writes that the comments made her angry and that to the
best of her knowledge, Anurag Kashyap never behaved
improperly with her or anyone else.
Mr Kashyap has maintained that the allegations against him
were “attempts to silence him”, and simply undermine the
seriousness of the #MeToo movement which hit the film
industry last year.
The critically acclaimed filmmaker has received support
from various of Bollywood, including ex-wives Kalki Koechlin
and Aarti.
