FIR Against Choreographer Ganesh Acharya For Sexually Harassing Woman Choreographer
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
A
first
information
report
(FIR)
was
registered
on
Wednesday
against
Bollywood
choreographer
Ganesh
Acharya
for
allegedly
sexually
harassing
a
woman,
the
city
police
said.
The
FIR,
registered
at
Amboli
police
station
in
Mumbai,
also
named
two
women,
Jayashree
Kelkar
and
Preeti
Lad,
who
are
accused
of
beating
up
the
woman
on
January
26.
No
arrest
has
been
made
in
the
case
yet.
Acharya
had
denied
the
allegations
last
week.
The
complainant,
who
is
an
assistant
choreographer,
had
approached
the
state
women's
commission
a
few
days
ago,
alleging
sexual
harassment
by
Acharya.
The
commission
had
asked
the
Amboli
Police
to
submit
a
report.
She
had
also
alleged
that
Acharya,
Kelkar
and
Lad
assaulted
her
during
a
function
of
the
Indian
Film
and
Television
Choreographers
Association
in
Andheri
on
January
26.
Among
other
things,
Acharya
forced
her
to
watch
porn
videos
whenever
she
went
to
meet
him
at
his
office
during
2009-10,
she
alleged,
claiming
that
he
had
victimised
other
women
too.
Acharya
was
using
his
clout
to
ensure
that
she
did
not
get
work
in
Bollywood,
she
alleged.
Acharya
held
a
press
conference
last
week
and
denied
the
allegations,
and
said
he
would
file
a
defamation
case
against
her.
"We
have
registered
an
FIR
against
Ganesh
Acharya
and
two
others
and
further
investigation
is
underway," said
Additional
Commissioner
of
Police
(West)
Manoj
Sharma.
The
case
was
registered
under
IPC
sections
354-A
(sexual
harassment),
354-C
(Watching,
or
capturing
the
image
of
a
woman
engaging
in
a
private
act),
354-D
(stalking),
506
(criminal
intimidation)
and
509
(word,
gesture
or
act
intended
to
insult
the
modesty
of
a
woman),
said
senior
inspector
Someshwar
Kamthe
of
Amboli
police
station.