Deccan Chronicle

Charmme says cop touched her

- KAMALAPATH­I RAO H. | DC HYDERABAD, JULY 26

Tollywood actress Charmme Kaur alias Surdeep Kaur alleged that an excise policeman had touched her inappropri­ately when she went to Abkari Bhavan for questionin­g in the drugs case by the Special Investigat­ion Team on Wednesday.

The SIT had deployed women police personnel following High Court orders, but Charmme complained that while entering the SIT office, head constable Srinivas had touched her inappropri­ately. She told the SIT officials of the incident.

Tollywood actress Charmme Kaur alias Surdeep Kaur alleged that an excise policeman had touched her inappropri­ately when she went to to Abkari Bhavan for questionin­g in the drugs case.

A spokespers­on from the SIT denied it. Following the incident, however, officials deployed more women cops in the evening when Charmme was leaving the SIT office.

Charmme came to the SIT office at about 10 am along with her advocate and bouncers. While the bouncers waited at the ground floor, the advocate accompaied her to the SIT office. He left the interrogat­ion room after he confirmed that Charmme was comfortabl­e, and returned at the end of questionin­g at 5 pm. While leaving, she refused to talk to media.

An SIT source said she refused to answer many questions. “She avoided important questions by saying ‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘I have no idea’ and ‘I don’t want to comment’,” he said.

The SIT asked her about drugs racket mastermind Calvin Mascarenha­s, those peddling drugs to the film's cine industry, Puri Jagannadh's role and other personalit­ies who are addicted to drugs.

To a question, she said that she didn't take drugs.

The interrogat­ion was done under supervisio­n of assistant excise superinten­dent K. Pavan Kumar and women staff including inspectors B.L. Renuka, V. Jaya Lakshmi and sub-inspector Ch. Shravani.

Another team questioned two event managers — Sachin Dhavan and Md. Sujauddin alias Salman — about Calvin Mascarenha­s's links with the film industry and customers. Based on the statement given by the duo, the SIT will send notices to few more film personalit­ies.

 ?? — DC ?? Actress Charmme Kaur enters the SIT office for the interrogat­ion on Wednesday.
— DC Actress Charmme Kaur enters the SIT office for the interrogat­ion on Wednesday.

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