Bollywood Crime News Update :
Mumbai: On the strength of the rape case filed by actress Payal Ghosh, Versova Police has summoned filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has been asked to appear before them at the Versova Police Station on Thursday for further probe into the case which was registered against him nine days back.
Earlier, the Versova police registered an FIR against Anurag Kashyap on September 22 after the actress along with her lawyer Nitin Satpute approached the police, the official said.
In her police complaint, the actress alleged that Kashyap raped her in 2013.
Payal Ghosh and Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale met Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari to seek action against Kashyap.
It was on Monday, that Payal in a joint media press conference with Athawale, president of the Republican Party of India (RPI-A), demanded that Kashyap be arrested.Athawale on Monday met Mumbai”s joint commissioner of police (law and order) Vishwas Nangare Patil along with Ghosh, seeking action against the filmmaker.
Meanwhile, Versova Police, last week had registered the FIR against Kashyap under Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (I) (rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty,), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement).
News Edit by K.V.Raman