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MUMBAI: A 48-year-old actor has been charged for allegedly assaulting a 32-year-old woman after inviting her to his home on Tuesday on the pretext of cooperation.

According to police, the victim runs a small production house at her home in Goregaon, from where she posts films and short videos on social media. She received messages on Facebook from an account with the actor’s name and photo in its profile. “Because she saw no reason why the actor would want to contact her, she initially assumed it was a fake profile. However, later she asked the person chatting with her to have a video call with her. To her surprise, it was the actor himself,” said a constable from Khar police station.

The actor allegedly told her to meet him at his office in Khar to discuss the shooting. The woman went to the address he provided around 5:30 p.m. He instructed her to come to the third floor, police added. It was not an office but his home. When she arrived, an elderly person opened the door. When she inquired about the actor, he called her straight to his bedroom. When she opened the bedroom door, she found him naked. He insisted she go into the bedroom. She told him she was uncomfortable, but he forcefully pulled her in and touched her inappropriately. The woman managed to flee from his house. “When she returned home, she received abusive messages from the actor. The next day, she approached the police to complain and an FIR was registered against the actor,” the officer said.

He added that they have booked the actor under sections 74 (assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75 (sexual harassment) and 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult a woman’s modesty). a woman) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. “We have already summoned the actor,” the officer said.