Cuttack, May 8 -- The Court of JMFC here has directed to frame charge against Ollywood actor Anubhav Mohanty in a domestic violence case involving his former wife Varsha Priyadarshini.

While hearing a discharge petition filed by Anubhav, the court on Tuesday quashed it.

In December of 2020, Varsha had lodged a complaint at the Purighat police station here against Anubhav alleging that he locked her in a room in his house at Nandi Sahi here.

On the basis of the complaint, police registered a case against him under Sections 498A, 341, and 506 of the IPC.

Notably, in February of this year, Anubhav received decree of divorce after ten years of marriage with Varsha.

The Orissa High Court had allowed the divorce of the celebrity couple. He...