MUMBAI: An interior designer was booked by Oshiwara police after an actress complained he molested her. Police said they would conduct a thorough probe before making an arrest. The actress has mainly worked in south Indian cinema.
Police said the 35-year-old actress had given the accused a contract for interior decoration at her new apartment at Andheri’s Veera Desai Road. In the first week of July, she visited the apartment to check on the work but she did not like what she saw. When she confronted the designer about shoddy work an altercation broke out. He allegedly hurled expletives at her and threw her out of the apartment. The actress claimed the designer threatened her against going to police, so the complaint was delayed.
“We registered a complaint under sections 354, 504, 509 of IPC based on the statement of the actress. Investigations are on,” said a police official.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
