The
Mumbai
Police
has
summoned
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
in
connection
with
the
allegations
levelled
by
actress
Payal
Ghosh.
The
actor-director
has
been
called
by
the
cops
for
questioning
at
Versova
Police
Station
at
11
am
on
October
1,
2020.
For
the
unversed,
Payal
had
filed
a
rape
case
against
Kashyap
last
week.
She
had
accused
him
of
sexual
misconduct
and
making
her
feel
'uncomfortable'.
The
FIR
was
registered
under
Indian
Penal
Code
Sections
376
(I)
(rape),
354
(assault
or
criminal
force
to
woman
with
intent
to
outrage
her
modesty),
341
(wrongful
restraint)
and
342
(wrongful
confinement).
The
summon
was
issued
to
Anurag
after
Payal
met
Maharashtra
Governor
BS
Koshyari
along
with
Rajya
Sabha
MP
and
Union
Minister
Ramdas
Athawale,
who
has
backed
her
demand
for
the
filmmaker's
arrest
and
sought
Y-plus
security
for
her,
on
Tuesday.
Earlier,
while
addressing
the
media
with
Athawale
on
Monday
(September
28),
Payal
had
said
that
she
is
facing
a
threat
to
her
life
and
demanded
Y-plus
security,
which
was
recently
extended
to
Kangana
Ranaut
after
she
got
into
a
spat
with
Shiv
Sena
leader
Sanjay
Raut
over
her
comment,
in
which
she
compared
Mumbai
to
PoK.
Payal
said
that
she
felt
threatened
by
Anurag
Kashyap
and
his
lobby.
The
actress
told
India
Today,
"People
have
told
me
to
be
very
careful
as
there
could
be
an
attack
on
me."
She
also
questioned
the
delay
in
arresting
Kashyap
and
said
she
would
resort
to
a
hunger
strike
if
no
action
is
taken
against
the
filmmaker.
On
the
other
hand,
Anurag
Kashyap
denied
all
the
allegations
levelled
against
him
by
Payal
Ghosh.
His
lawyer
released
a
statement
that
read,
"My
client,
Anurag
Kashyap,
has
been
deeply
pained
by
the
false
allegations,
these
are
completely
false,
malicious
and
dishonest." Many
of
Anurag
Kashyap's
industry
colleagues
and
his
ex-wives
Aarti
Bajaj
and
Kalki
Koechlin
came
out
in
support
of
him.