Tv actor Antara Banerjee has been arrested after allegedly stripping and attacking Railway Safety Drive (RPF) personnel with a razor blade aboard the Aravali Specific on August 12 after a dispute over her unreserved standing. The incident passed off whereas she was travelling to Surat for a shoot and allegedly entered a reserved AC Coach whereas having solely a sleeper-class ticket.
Who’s Antara Banerjee?
Antara is a mannequin and actor who has labored throughout the leisure business. The 31-year-old actor was born in a Bengali household in Kolkata, and later moved to Mumbai together with her mother and father in 2013 to pursue a profession within the leisure business. She enrolled within the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) programme at Nirmala Niketan Faculty. Nonetheless, she reportedly left her research midway to pursue her profession in performing.
Antara made her debut in performing with the tv present Gumrah: Finish of Innocence in 2012. Simply two years later, she made her Bollywood debut with the film The Shaukeens, through which she had a small cameo. The movie flopped on the field workplace and obtained adverse critiques. Antara then went on to make her area within the tv business, that includes in reveals like Savdhaan India, Badho Bahu and Laal Ishq.
She was additionally part of Ektaa Kapoor‘s Kasautii Zindagii Kay whereby she essayed the function of Suman Shekhar Sharma. She shared the display with Parth Samthaan and Erica Fernandes. She left the present in 2019 and went on to characteristic in two different hit reveals, Kavach… Mahashivratri and Divya Drishti. Each the supernatural reveals had obtained a lot love from the viewers. She was additionally part of Ektaa Kapoor’s Ragini MMS Returns season 2.
Antara had been part of a music video, the T-Collection track Chaap Tilak. Sung by Lakhwinder Wadali, composed by Aar Bee with conventional lyrics. The track was launched in 2024. Most not too long ago, the actor featured in a micro-drama, The Final Shot, which is offered to observe on Rocket Reels. Other than performing, she can also be a educated Kathak dancer and boasts a following of 528K on Instagram.
Why is Antara Banerjee arrested?
Antara Banerjee was booked by the Authorities Railway Police (GRP) for allegedly attacking a Railway Police Drive (RPF) constable with a blade over a dispute relating to a seat on a Surat-bound practice.
In response to the police, the incident passed off on August 12 on board the Aravali Specific. In his criticism, RPF Assistant Sub-Inspector Yaminikant Mishra mentioned an altercation broke out between Banerjee and the ticket collector after she was discovered sitting within the unsuitable seat.
“Banerjee was occupying a reserved seat and refused to vacate it for the rightful ticket holder. When Mishra went to assist her vacate the seat, as a substitute of complying, she began abusing the RPF workforce,” mentioned a GRP official, looking for anonymity.
She was taken into custody by the Borivali railway police the next morning. Borivali GRP inspector Kunda Gavade mentioned witnesses recommended Antara could have been distressed after failing to get an AC coach ticket. She reportedly refused to contact family members or authorized counsel and demanded to be arrested. In response to Inspectro Kunda, she calmed down after the FIR was registered.
The actor was briefly detained and launched after receiving a discover below the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
