Hry actor held for raping woman in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Sept. 17 -- The Ghaziabad police on Tuesday arrested 51-year-old Haryanvi film personality Uttam Kumar, for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman on the pretext of casting her in movies and music videos, and also marrying her, officers said, adding he was produced in court and remanded to 14 days of judicial custody.
The case is in the limelight as the complainant had tried to self-immolate near the Uttar Pradesh chief minister's residence in Lucknow on September 5.
Kumar was detained on Sunday from a farmhouse in Amroha, following which he complained of health issues and was taken to a hospital. "His health was found to be stable, and he was discharged from the hospital. Later, he was produced before a Ghaziabad court and remanded to 14 days of judicial custody. His health condition was found to be stable and satisfactory," said Abhishek Srivastava, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) for Indirapuram circle and the investigating officer in the case.
The woman, in her complaint, alleged that she was forced into sexual activities and exploited by the actor from 2020 to 2023, on the promise of marriage and roles in movies and music videos. She said the incident of assault started in August-September 2020, at Kumar's office near DLF Colony, as per the FIR.
An FIR was registered against Kumar at the Shalimar Garden police station under IPC sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation), and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. htc...
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