Bollywood’s star choreographer Shiamak Davar who teaches dance in six countries has been accused of sexual abuse by two of his former dance students.
According to a report in CBC News, the alleged victims, 40-year-old Percy Shroff and 33-year-old Jimmy Mistry from North Vancouver were also members of Davar’s VRRP Spiritual Learning group, a sect that holds Davar to be a guru and leader. VRRP follows the teachings of Khorsheed Bhavnagari, who wrote The Laws of the Spirit World, in which she claimed her two dead sons communicated with her.
Two lawsuits by Shroff and Mistry have been filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The victims said that they endured years of unwanted sexual touching by Shiamak, who they allege abused his authority as their spiritual leader to control all aspects of their lives. Shroff claims the popular choreographer, known simply as Shiamak, began grooming him for sexual exploitation when he was 16, and he is suing now to protect his young son who is still part of Davar’s VRRP sect. He has sought a court order to prevent Davar from interacting with his son.
Mistry also had a similar story where he has also accused Davar of sexually abusing him when he was only 16.
In a written response to the lawsuits, Shiamak has dismissed all the allegations and has claimed that he never had any sexual relations with any of his students.
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