ACTOR NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI BOOKED FOR MOLESTATION
MUMBAI: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been booked by the Versova police after a 24-year-old girl complained he molested her during an argument over parking at the apartment complex they both reside in on Sunday afternoon. The actor was not arrested till late on Sunday night.
Despite repeated attempts, the actor could not be reached for a comment, but his manager, Anup Pandey, denied the charge.
“It is a false case. The case has been registered without investigation. It is a society issue which has been going on for a long time,” Pandey said. “There was an argument, but no hatha pai (exchange of physical blows) as claimed in the complaint. We will take the matters up.” Arun Chavan, assistant commissioner of police, said, “We registered a case against Nawazuddin based on the complainant’s version. As of now we have not arrested any person, and are in the process of verifying the facts.”
According to the complainant, who is the granddaughter of the society’s chairman, she was sitting in the society office at around 1.30pm when a person came and tried to park his motorcycle within the society. Nawazuddin’s bodyguards who were standing at the spot asked the person not to park his motorcycle there.
The complainant said that when she heard the commotion, she came out of the office and started clicking photographs on her mobile phone. The motorcyclist left the society, and at the same time Nawazuddin came down to the area and asked the complainant not to click photographs and this led to an altercation. The complainant alleged that when she refused, Nawazuddin pushed her following which she called the police.
It is a false case. The case has been registered without investigation. It is a society issue which has been going on for a long time ANUP PANDEY, Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s manager