Ready To Reinvestigate Case If Tanushree Dutta Desires: CINTAA
Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA) said it is ready to readdress Tanushree Dutta's sexual harassment allegation against Nana Patekar "by conducting a fair and expeditious" inquiry.
Cine
and
TV
Artists
Association
(CINTAA)
said
it
is
ready
to
readdress
Tanushree
Dutta's
sexual
harassment
allegation
against
Nana
Patekar
"by
conducting
a
fair
and
expeditious" inquiry.
The
body
had
earlier
said
it
did
not
"address"
the
allegations
by
Dutta
when
she
approached
them
in
2008.
Dutta
had
filed
a
complaint
with
CINTAA
a
decade
ago
after
she
felt
uncomfortable
shooting
a
song
with
Patekar
for
the
film
"Horn
Ok
Pleassss".
"If
she
asks
us
to
reinvestigate
the
matter
then
we
have
told
her
that
we
will
offer
all
possible
support.
But
she
has
not
yet
officially
come
to
us.
Although
we
have
spoken
and
written
to
her
(regarding
the
matter)
she
is
yet
to
revert," Amit
Behl,
Senior
Joint
Secretary,
CINTAA
told
PTI.
"But
we
also
want
to
hear
Nana's
side
of
the
story.
We
have
sent
a
communication
to
Nana
also,"
Behl
added.
In
the
letter,
CINTAA
has
asked
Patekar
to
share
his
side
of
the
story
before
the
body
issues
any
more
statements.
In
a
letter
addressed
to
Dutta,
which
CINTAA
shared
with
PTI,
the
body
states
it
had
a
meeting
with
her
on
October
3
and
"there
is
no
second
opinion
about
our
intent
of
protecting
our
members' rights,
their
dignity
and
self-respect".
"If
you
desire,
we
would
readdress
your
grievances
by
conducting
a
fair
and
expeditious
inquiry
in
a
joint
meeting
where
both
the
parties
and
both
sides
(ie
you
and
Mr
Nana
Patekar),
also
since
you
mentioned
the
names
of
Mr
Rakesh
Sarang
(director),
Mr
Ganesh
Acharya
(choreographer)
and
the
producer
Mr
Siddiqui.
"We
want
to
ensure
that
this
case
can
be
heard
in
a
fair
and
unbiased
manner,
by
connecting
with
the
associations,
wherein
the
above
mentioned
names
are
members," the
letter
read.