‘Peepli Live’ Co-Director Mahmood Farooqui Convicted in Rape Case
A 35-year-old American researcher had filed a rape case against Mahmood Farooqui in April 2015.
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Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of Peepli Live. (Photo altered by The Quint)
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Mahmood Farooqui, producer of Bollywood movie Peepli Live, was convicted by a Delhi court on Saturday in a rape case filed by an American woman.
The 35-year-old researcher had alleged that Farooqi raped her in a rented accommodation at Sukhdev Vihar in Delhi.
A case under IPC’s Section 376 was earlier registered against the writer-director and he was sent to a 6-day judicial custody in September 2015.
(With ANI inputs)
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