‘Molester’ remanded to 2-day police custody
The Dindoshi Sessions Court on Monday remanded Vikas Sachdeva, accused of molesting a Bollywood actress, to police custody till Wednesday.
Sachdeva’s wife, a handful of friends and relatives were present in the courtroom when Sahar police brought him to the courtroom.
His defence counsel argued that his client is ‘innocent and has been falsely implicated.’
Sachdeva (39), who is a Branch Head at Sun Group since February 2006, was arrested late Sunday evening after the actress accused him of molesting onboad DelhiMumbai flight on Saturday night. The actress also uploaded a video on her social media which went viral.
The Sahar police arrested Sachdeva after recording the statements of actress and her mother, who is the witness in the case.
“It is a cheap publicity stunt by the actress who has falsely implicated Sachdeva. He was coming back to Mumbai after attending the funeral of his maternal uncle. My client was seated in business class where the gap between seats are large. Sachdeva was very tired and he had rested his foot on the window. He was sleeping in mid-air. She might have got touched by his foot but there was no ‘sexual intent’. The actress has made baseless allegation of being molested to gain publicity,” argued Sachdeva’s defence counsel HS Anand.
Meanwhile, the Assistant Public Prosecutor, Munna Inamdar, argued that police needs time to record the statement of Sachdeva. “They need to verify the credentials of the accused whether he is a repeat offender,” argued Inamdar.