'Film script, pills, miscarriage': 73-year-old director arrested for raping actress
Bollywood producer Shakeel Noorani has been arrested following allegations of rape, blackmail, and causing a miscarriage by an aspiring actress. The director was apprehended at a farmhouse in Maharashtra after evading police for 40 days.
Why it matters
The case highlights ongoing issues regarding sexual violence and power dynamics within the Indian film industry.
MUMBAI: Bollywood producer-director Shakeel Noorani, 73, has been arrested from a farmhouse in Maharashtra's Satara district after allegedly being on the run for 40 days following a complaint by an aspiring actress who accused him of rape, blackmail and causing her miscarriage.Noorani was arrested by Mumbai Police on Saturday and produced before a local court, which remanded him to police custody till August 12.The 33-year-old woman has alleged that Noorani sexually assaulted her repeatedly over a period of four years after allegedly spiking her drink, and later threatened her with a video of the assault.The case has been registered at Malwani police station under Sections 64(2)(M) (rape), 123 (causing hurt by means of poison), 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 88 (causing miscarriage) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).Woman alleges assault after film script meetingAccording to the woman's complaint, Noorani called her to his residence in Mumbai's Malwani area around four years…
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