MUMBAI: Producer-director Shakeel Noorani (73) was arrested on Saturday from a Mahabaleshwar farmhouse after being on the run for 40 days for allegedly raping an aspiring actress repeatedly over the past 4 years, threatening to launch movies of the assault and inducing a miscarriage.Malwani police produced him earlier than a courtroom, which remanded in police custody until Aug 12.Sections 64(2)(M) (rape), 123 (inflicting damage via poison), 351(2) (felony intimidation) and 88 (inflicting miscarriage) of BNS have been invoked towards him.In her criticism, the girl stated, Noorani, who can be a scriptwriter, referred to as her to his Malwani residence 4 years in the past below the pretext of discussing a movie script, spiked her drink and raped her. She stated she misplaced consciousness and when she got here to, he allegedly confirmed her a video on his telephone of the sexual assault and allegedly threatened to flow into it if she approached police or confided in her household. She alleged Noorani subsequently used the video to threaten her and rape her on a number of events. She additionally alleged that he repeatedly gave her contraceptive drugs following the alleged sexual assaults.
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“He went into hiding after the FIR was filed 40 days in the past. A police staff even searched his son’s home in Lokhandwala, Andheri, however there was no hint of him. Utilizing technical help, we traced him to a farmhouse in Medha, Satara district. Our counterparts from Medha police station detained him. Our staff then took his custody,” stated a Malwani police officer.DCP (zone 2) Sandip Ghuge stated the police staff had been gathering particulars for the reason that criticism was filed.Noorani’s lawyer, Vikas Singh Goar, instructed TOI that he was falsely implicated and refused to supply extra feedback because the matter is in courtroom.Noorani’s movies embrace ‘Vishnu Devaa’ (1991), ‘Shreeman Aashique‘ (1993), ‘Bade Dilwala‘ (1999), and ‘Joru Ka Ghulam’ (2000).
