Film producer sent to police custody

MUMBAI: Hours after being detained, the Amboli police finally arrested film producer Kamal Kishore Mishra late on Thursday night. Mishra was accused of trying to run over his wife last week. Yasmeen (35), her wife had her husband with another woman in a parked car. He was produced before a metropolitan magistrate court on Friday and remanded to police custody for two days.

Mishra was booked on charges of attempt to murder after his wife recorded her second statement before the Amboli police. The film producer was caught on camera trying to run over his wife.

The CCTV footage of the incident had sparked huge outrage, also leading to police action against Mishra. According to Yasmeen, who suffered injuries to her leg and head, Mishra attempted to run the vehicle over her when she caught him with a model in the car in a parking lot of their building.

“A complaint was then filed by her, as she accused her husband of adultery and deliberately trying to run his car over her while escaping from the spot,” said an officer from the Amboli police station

Meanwhile, police inspector Bandopant Bansode of Amboli police station said, “Mishra was arrested late last night on the charges of attempt to murder.”

Mishra has been associated with films like Dehati Disco, Bhootiyapa, Flat No. 420, Khalli Balli and Sharmaji Ki Lag Gai as the co-producer.

HT PHOTO Kamal Mishra