Anurag Kashyap 'categorically denies' allegations of rape in statement to Mumbai Police
FirstpostAnurag Kashyap’s lawyer claims the filmmaker has provided documentary proof that he was in Sri Lanka for a film shoot at the time of the alleged incident. A day after Anurag Kashyap appeared for questioning at Mumbai’s Versova Police Station in connection with a rape case filed against him by an actress, the filmmaker’s lawyer has released a press statement. The statement says the allegations of the incident from August 2013 “have been widely publicised by the complainant for the purpose of vilifying Kashyap, irrespective of the outcome of the judicial process.” It adds the falsity of the complaint has been “exposed” through the evidence provided by the filmmaker as well as “the ever-shifting version of events put forth” by the accuser. Kashyap has sought for “severe action” against the actress for “misusing the criminal justice system and for hijacking the #MeToo Movement for her ulterior motives.” Last week, the complainant and Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale met Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari to seek action against Kashyap.