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Director Shakeel Noorani arrested in rape case, police custody till August 12
Director Shakeel Noorani arrested in rape case, police custody till August 12
Film director Shakeel Noorani, 73, was arrested on August 8 from a farmhouse in Medha, Satara district and brought to Mumbai. The Malvani Police acted on a rape complaint by a 33-year-old…
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Film director Shakeel Noorani, 73, was arrested on August 8 from a farmhouse in Medha, Satara district and brought to Mumbai. The Malvani Police acted on a rape complaint by a 33-year-old actress. Mid-day reports that Noorani called her to his Malvani home to discuss a film, gave her a drink that made her unconscious, and then sexually assaulted her. He also allegedly threatened to circulate a video he recorded. A case has been registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The woman first met Noorani in 2016 at an award show. She says the assaults happened repeatedly and that he gave her contraceptive pills. Police have sought his custody to check if offences occurred at other locations. Noorani's lawyer Vikas Singh Goar says his client is falsely implicated and presumed innocent until proven guilty. A holiday court remanded Noorani in police custody till August 12.
The Indian Opinion
The defence of 'presumption of innocence' is legally sound but often used to silence victims in Bollywood's power-imbalanced casting couch. That the actress says she was drugged and threatened with a video adds a familiar pattern. The test is whether the police recover that video or other forensic evidence during the custody period. Why did it take years for her to file the FIR?
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, indiatvnews.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
