Molestation FIR against veteran actor Jeetendra on cousin’s complaint

SHIMLA: Veteran actor Jeetendra, 75, has been booked by Shimla police on charges of molestation on his cousin’s complaint.

“We have received a written complaint and a case has been registered under section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code against Jeetendra at the Women Police Station in New Shimla. A probe has been initiated,” Shimla superintendent of police said Omapati Jamwal said on Wednesday. The maximum sentence under the section is two-year jail.

The woman filed a two-page complaint on February 7, alleging that she was molested by Jeetendra in 1971 in a Shimla hotel when she was an 18-yearold. The complaint was send by a Delhi- based lawyer to the office of the director general of police. It was forwarded to the SP’S office for investigation.

The SP said they were in touch with the complainant through video conferencing and a case was registered after her statement was recorded.

The woman told cops that Jeetendra had arrived in a car at her residence in New Delhi with his driver and two other colleagues and later they all drove to Shimla where the actor was shooting for a film. The complaint alleged that the actor, who was in inebriated condition, took her to his hotel room and later tried to molest her.

The police said the case will be initiated under the provision of the section which was applicable at the time of incident occurred and not as per the amendments or additions made to it.