An actor accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of “imposing on her” in 2013. (Archive)
New Delhi:
A day after he was questioned by Mumbai police in a rape case brought by an actor last week, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap today issued a statement denying any truth in the allegations made against him. The Producer-Director has documentary evidence to establish that the complaint against him was an “absolute lie,” the statement said.
The filmmaker was questioned by the Versova police station on Thursday on allegations that he raped an actor at his home in 2013.
“Mr. Kashyap has provided documentary evidence of the fact that throughout August 2013 he was in Sri Lanka in connection with the filming of one of his films. Mr. Kashyap has categorically denied that such an alleged incident took place and also denied all the accusations made against him, “reads the statement issued by Priyanka Khimani, who represents Mr. Kashyap in the case.
The “sudden and belated accusations” were directed against the filmmaker for the purpose of defaming him, the statement said. The falsehood of the complaint has been exposed by the “ever-changing version of the facts presented” by the actor to the media, he said.
“Mr. Kashyap fears that now that the falsehood of her allegations has been established in the FIR, she will also alter her version of events in the investigative process,” he added.
Kashyap, according to the statement, is distraught over the “reckless and false accusations” that have caused pain to him and his family and has sought severe action against the actor for “misusing the criminal justice system and kidnapping the MeToo Movement. for later “. reasons “.
The actor had filed a rape complaint last week accusing Mr. Kashyap of imposing himself on her in 2013. According to the actor, he had named three other actors as “one phone call away”.
He had also met with the Governor of Maharashtra, BS Koshyari, along with the Rajya Sabha MP and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, seeking his arrest.
Mr. Kashyap has described the rape allegations as “unfounded” and that he intends to take legal action in the matter. He has also received support from various sections of Bollywood, including former wives Kalki Koechlin and Aarti Bajaj, who have defended him.
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