The festival of Holi ended up being the worst nightmare for a television actress after she was molested by her co-star at a party in Mumbai. The 29-year-old actress, who has worked as a lead in several TV shows, has now filed an FIR against the co-star.
According to reports, the incident took place at a Holi party in Mumbai’s western suburbs on Friday. The actress claimed that the co-actor turned up drunk at the party and tried to put colours on her despite her asking not to. “He was trying to put colours on me and other women in the party. I did not want to play Holi with him hence I objected and went away from him,” the actress told the police in her statement.
“I went and hid myself behind the panipuri stall at the terrace but he came after me and tried to put colour on me. I covered my face, but he forcefully grabbed me and put colour on my cheeks and then told me, ‘I love you and will see who saves you from me’. After this, he touched me inappropriately and put colour on me. I pushed him away. I was mentally shocked and went straight to the washroom,” the actress shared.
She added that when she informed her friends about the incident, they confronted the accused actor, but he misbehaved with them too.
The actress then went straight to the police and filed an FIR, and the cops have now booked the actor. Police officials shared that they have sent a legal notice to him, and were also recording the statements of the other guests and combing through the CCTV footage of the party.
The accused actor has been booked under Section 75(1)(i) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
