Kumar’s family alleges extortion bid, 1 booked
The Mumbai police have registered a case against a man for allegedly trying to extort money from T-series managing director and film producer Bhushan Kumar by threatening to get a rape case filed against him, officials familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
On Thursday, police registered a case against Kumar after a 30-year-old woman accused him of raping her several times between 2017 and 2020 on the pretext of giving her a job, officials said. She alleged that Kumar, 43, called her to his bungalow on October 14, 2017, where he raped her. Kumar allegedly recorded the act and threatened to make the video public if she approached the police, the woman said, adding that she did not file a complaint earlier as she was frightened. Kumar, son of music baron, the late Gulshan Kumar, however, denied the allegations and accused the woman of extortion.
In his complaint, Kumar’s uncle, producer and director Krishan Kumar Dua, said the accused Mallikarjun Pujari called Kumar several times between July 3 and
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July 10, demanding and threatening that if he did not comply, the woman will file a rape complaint against him. Kumar was also given a death threat if he did not pay the money, Dua said in the complaint.
A case was registered against Pujari under sections 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt), 500 (Punishment for defamation), and criminal intimidation under sections 506 and 506(2) of the IPC, an official said on condition of anonymity.
“We have registered a complaint and will question the named accused to find how he is related to the victim and who directed him to demand money,” said a police official from the Amboli police station, requesting anonymity
HT tried reaching Pujari but he was not available for a reaction.