Once again, tinsel town has found itself in a major controversy as a 28-year-old former model has filed a complaint of rape and molestation at the Bandra police station against nine Bollywood personalities.

According to reports, among the nine accused are actor-producer Jackky Bhagnani, photographer Colston Julian, founder of talent management company Kwan Entertainment Anirban Blah, and Krishan Kumar of T-series.

Other names in her list of accused are Sheel Gupta, Ajit Thakur, Nikhil Kamat, Vishnu Induri, and Krishna Kumar. Although according to the FIR, only Colston Julian has been accused of rape while others have been accused of molesting her.

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“Police have registered an FIR after so many days of submitting my complaint letter against the high-profile people, but none of them have been arrested yet,” the woman told Mid-Day.

The woman also added, “In a bid to conduct panchnama, one woman police officer took me to the locations where these accused sexually abused me in Mumbai. It seems that Colston Julian has gone underground as his Bandra house was locked and his car was also not there when we visited. Bhagnani is somewhere in a foreign land and he is expected to reach Mumbai in September.”  

Inspector Sagar Nikam told the leading tabloid that they have registered the FIR based on the complaint. He said, “We have registered the FIR based on her complaint. We are in the process of collecting the pieces of evidence that the survivor claims to possess against them. Our investigations are underway.”

A report in the Times Of India said that as per the statement recorded, most of the incidents allegedly took place under Bandra jurisdiction between 2013 and 2019.

Talking about the allegations, producer Ajit Thakur spoke to ETimes and said that the former model used to blackmail him. He said, "The allegations made against me are false, malicious, and motivated. It is nothing more than an attempt to smear my reputation. In fact, I have evidence that indicates that the complainant was attempting to blackmail me amongst several others and when her attempts failed, she resorted to registering an FIR with baseless allegations. I will take all the necessary legal action against her and I am certain that truth will prevail."

India’s Me Too movement took Bollywood by storm when Tanushree Dutta shared her side of the story and alleged that Nana Patekar had harassed her on the sets of Horn Ok Pleasss. The movement has exposed many high-profile names from the entertainment industry ever since.

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