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Sexual harassment case: Anurag Kashyap appears before Mumbai Police to record statement

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap was issued a summons on Wednesday to appear in the Versova Police Station on Friday for investigation in a rape case filed last week.

Sexual harassment case: Anurag Kashyap appears before Mumbai Police to record statement

New Delhi: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap arrived at the Versova police station to record his statement in connection with the alleged sexual assault case registered against him. Kashyap along with his two associates reached the police station around 10 am, he said. The filmmaker was seen carrying some documents in his hand while arriving at the police station.

The Mumbai Police registered an FIR against Kashyap on September 22 after the actor along with her lawyer Nitin Satpute approached them. In her police complaint, the actor has alleged that Kashyap raped her in 2013. Kashyap had dismissed the allegations, terming them as ‘baseless’.

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On Tuesday, the actress and Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale met Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari to seek action against Kashyap. On Monday, she 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 the actress, seeking action against the filmmaker. The Union minister had also said his party will stage a protest if the police do not arrest Kashyap in a week.

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The Versova police last week 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).