Noted
choreographer
Ganesh
Acharya
is
in
trouble!
The
Mumbai
Police
has
filed
a
chargesheet
against
him
in
a
sexual
harassment
case
which
dates
back
to
2020.
As
per
a
report
in
ETimes,
the
cops
completed
their
probe
in
this
matter
last
month
and
filed
a
chargesheet
on
March
14
before
a
a
metropolitan
magistrate's
court.
Reportedly,
Acharya
has
been
accused
of
sexual
harassment,
stalking
and
voyeurism.
He
has
been
charged
under
sections
354A
(sexual
harassment),
354C
(voyeurism),
354D
(stalking),
509
(insulting
the
modesty
of
any
woman),
323
(causing
hurt),
504
(intentional
insult
with
intent
to
provoke
breach
of
the
peace),
506
(criminal
intimidation)
and
34
(common
intention
to
commit
an
offence)
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code
(IPC).
While
the
choreographer
known
for
working
on
films
like
Bodyguard,
Singham,
Bachchhan
Paandey
and
Pushpa
amongst
others,
refused
to
comment
on
this
latest
development,
according
to
a
report
in
Hindustan
Times,
his
lawyer
Ravi
Suryavanshi
said
they
were
not
informed
by
the
police
about
the
chargesheet.
"I
don't
have
the
chargesheet
so
I
cannot
say
anything,
but
all
the
sections
in
the
FIR
were
bailable," the
tabloid
quoted
him
as
saying.
In
2020,
a
woman
had
filed
a
complaint
against
the
popular
choreographer
and
accused
him
of
sexually
harassing
her
after
she
turned
down
his
advances.
She
had
alleged
that
he
had
passed
lewd
comments,
shown
her
p*rn
movie
and
molested
her
when
she
was
working
as
junior
dancer
on
a
project
with
him.
However,
Acharya
had
denied
all
her
allegations
and
called
them,
"false
and
baseless".
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