The
Mumbai
Police
have
lodged
an
FIR
against
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
after
a
female
actor
accused
him
of
sexual
misconduct
in
2013.
The
First
Information
Report
(FIR)
was
registered
at
Versova
Police
Station
late
Tuesday
night,
after
the
actress
along
with
her
lawyer
Nitin
Satpute
approached
the
police,
an
official
revealed
to
PTI.
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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
female
actor,
in
her
complaint,
has
alleged
that
the
Bombay
Velvet
director
raped
her
at
a
place
on
Yari
Road
in
Versova
in
2013.
The
official
revealed
that
further
investigation
is
underway,
and
Anurag
will
be
called
for
questioning
in
connection
with
the
alleged
seven-year-old
case.
Earlier,
the
actress
and
her
lawyer
had
approached
Oshiwara
Police
Station
to
file
an
FIR
as
Anurag's
office
is
located
in
that
area.
However,
they
were
asked
to
go
to
the
Versova
Police
Station
as
the
alleged
incident
took
place
under
its
area
of
jurisdiction.
The
female
actor's
lawyer
Nitin
Satpute
tweeted
on
Tuesday
night,
"Finally
FIR
has
been
lodged
against
Accused
for
the
offence
Rape,
Wrongful
Restrain,
Wrongful
Confinement
and
outraging
modesty
of
woman."
Last
week,
the
female
actor
had
taken
to
her
Twitter
page
to
level
sexual
misconduct
allegations
against
the
filmmaker.
On
Monday,
Anurag's
lawyer
issued
an
official
statement
which
read,
"My
client,
Anurag
Kashyap,
has
been
deeply
pained
by
the
false
allegations
of
sexual
misconduct
that
have
recently
surfaced
against
him.
These
allegations
are
completely
false,
malicious
and
dishonest.
It
is
sad
that
a
social
movement
as
important
as
the
#metoo
movement
has
been
co-opted
by
vested
interests
and
reduced
to
a
mere
tool
for
character
assassination.
Fictitious
allegations
of
this
nature
seriously
undermine
the
movement
and
seek
to
unconscionably
trade
upon
the
pain
and
trauma
of
actual
victims
of
sexual
harassment
and
abuse.
My
client
has
been
advised
about
his
rights
and
remedies
in
law
and
intends
to
pursue
them
to
the
fullest
extent."