A
Mumbai-based
songwriter
and
former
model
has
accused
nine
members
of
the
Hindi
Film
Industry
of
rape
and
molestation.
Reportedly,
actor-producer
Jackky
Bhagnani’s
name
features
among
the
nine
people.
A
mid-day
report
states
that
Bollywood
photographer
Colston
Julian,
founder
of
talent
management
company
Kwan
Entertainment
Anirban
Blah,
and
Krishan
Kumar
of
T-series
are
also
among
the
accused
named
in
the
FIR.
The
others
named
in
the
complaint
are
Nikhil
Kamat,
Sheel
Gupta,
Ajit
Thakur,
Gurujyot
Singh
and
Vishnu
Wardhan
Induri.
The
complainant
filed
an
FIR
at
the
Bandra
Police
Station
and
has
claimed
that
the
incidents
of
alleged
sexual
harassment
took
place
since
2015.
She
told
mid-day,
“Police
have
registered
an
FIR
after
so
many
days
of
submitting
my
complaint
letter
against
the
high-profile
people,
but
none
of
them
have
been
arrested
yet.”
For
the
unversed,
the
model
had
complained
to
police
about
the
men
a
month
ago
and
had
reportedly
approached
Deputy
Commissioner
of
Police
(DCP),
Zone
10,
Dr
Maheshwar
Reddy
on
May
10.
She
then
recorded
her
statement
on
May
18,
and
the
matter
was
forwarded
to
Zone
9
DCP
office
in
Bandra.
One
offence
u/s
376,
354
IPC
is
registered
on
26
May
at
Bandra
Police
Station
on
the
complaint
of
a
28-year-old
lady
against
9
accused.
The
model
has
reportedly
alleged
that
actor
Jackky
Bhagnani
molested
her
in
Bandra
while
Nikhil
Kamat
assaulted
her
at
a
five-star
hotel
in
Santa
Cruz.
She
has
also
alleged
that
Colston
Julian
raped
her
between
2014
and
2018
on
the
pretext
of
getting
a
big
chance
in
modelling.
A
senior
IPS
office
from
Mumbai
Police
told
News
18,
“We
are
investigating
the
case.
We
will
definitely
question
the
accused
soon.
We
have
booked
them
all
under
sections
378
(N),
354
and
34
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code
(IPC)."