The Mumbai police has filed an FIR of rape against Aditya Pancholi based on a popular Bollywood actor’s statement. Pancholi has been booked under sections 376 (rape), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 384 (extortion), 341(wrongful restraint), 342 (wrongful confinement), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and IPC 506 (criminal intimidation).
Now, Aditya Pancholi has said that he is being falsely implicated. “I am being falsely implicated in the case. I have all the evidence and video and I am ready to cooperate with the Mumbai Police. I am ready for investigation, and if they call me they will have my support. I knew a case will be registered against me. I am not going anywhere. The police have not approached me after the FIR was filed,” he told ANI.
The actor’s sister had filed an application in April in the Versova police station, alleging that Aditya Pancholi had assaulted and exploited her sister a decade ago. Post which, Aditya Pancholi had also filed a counter application stating that the actor’s lawyer had been threatening to file a rape case against him following a defamation suit that Pancholi had filed against her. According to mid-day, the police had recorded Pancholi’s statement on 12 May.
Speaking to mid-day, Aditya Pancholi had said earlier that he had already filed a defamation case against the actor, which is sub-judice. “Earlier this year, the actor’s lawyer had threatened to file a rape case against me if I did not withdraw the defamation suit. I had recorded the conversation, which was produced to the court and the police”, he added. Pancholi alleged that the whole thing was a conspiracy.
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