Actor Antarra Banerjee’s staff on Sunday clarified that she has no involvement within the Railway Safety Pressure (RPF) personnel “assault” case aboard the Aravali Categorical on August 12 and isn’t the person named within the FIR. The assertion acknowledged that the verification of the unique FIR established that the accused is Antara Soham Banerjee, a mannequin from Thane, and never the actor.
The staff confused that the 2 are separate people and stated checking the FIR would have made the excellence clear. It additionally categorically denied any connection between Antarra Banerjee and the matter being reported.
“Antarra Banerjee has no involvement or reference to the FIR or the incident being reported,” the assertion learn.
Antara Soham Banerjee-RPF case
Antara Soham Banerjee was arrested following an alleged altercation with Railway Safety Pressure (RPF) personnel aboard the Aravali Categorical on August 12. She is accused of coming into a reserved air-conditioned coach regardless of holding a sleeper-class ticket whereas travelling to Surat for a shoot.
Based on the allegations, an argument broke out over her ticket standing, throughout which Antara Soham allegedly eliminated her garments and attacked RPF personnel with a razor blade. She was subsequently taken into custody in reference to the incident.
Antara Soham was taken into custody by the Borivali Authorities Railway Police (GRP) the subsequent morning. Borivali GRP inspector Kunda Gavade stated witnesses indicated that the actor might have been upset after being unable to safe a ticket for an AC coach. She allegedly declined to contact her relations or search authorized help and as an alternative insisted that she be arrested.
Gavade stated Antara Soham turned calmer after the FIR was registered. The actor was detained for a brief interval and later launched after being served a discover below the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
In his criticism, RPF Assistant Sub-Inspector Yaminikant Mishra stated a disagreement arose between Antara Soham and the ticket collector after she was allegedly discovered occupying a seat that was not allotted to her.
A GRP official, talking on situation of anonymity, stated Antara Soham was seated in a reserved berth and allegedly refused to maneuver when the passenger holding the legitimate ticket arrived. When Mishra intervened to help in clearing the seat, she allegedly responded by verbally abusing the RPF personnel.
“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 an alternative of complying, she began abusing the RPF staff,” the official stated.
“She immediately took out a blade from her bag and intentionally injured her hand, inflicting panic among the many commuters. When Mishra tried to intervene, she charged at him and tried to strike his neck. As Mishra tried to guard himself, he suffered two sharp cuts from the blade. Banerjee even grabbed his uniform and threw his spectacles. She additionally broken his telephone within the battle,” the official added.
(An earlier model of this text incorrectly recognized the particular person towards whom the FIR was lodged. We apologise for the error.)
