Published 22:49 IST, October 2nd 2020
Payal Ghosh seeks Narco-Polygraph-Lie Detector test for Kashyap, alleges threat to life
Actor Payal Ghosh, through Adv. Nitin Satpute, has filed an application at Versova Police Station on Friday seeking different tests to verify Kashyap's claims
In the latest development in the Payal Ghosh-Anurag Kashyap sexual assault case, Ghosh's lawyer Adv. Nitin Satpute has filed an application at Mumbai's Versova Police station requesting them to conduct Narco Analysis, Lie Detector and Polygraph Test of the filmmaker. This move follows Payal Ghosh's refusal to accept Kashyap's claims in his statement recorded by the Police on Thursday during his interrogation. Taking to Twitter on Friday and tagging PM Modi and Union HM Amit Shah in her post, Payal had said that Anurag Kashyap has lied to the Police in his statement and that she would file an application "in the interest of justice".
Payal Ghosh's lawyer shared the said application on Twitter where the actor has expressed her disappointment at the failure to arrest Anurag Kashyap. She has alleged a threat to her life and claimed that she lives under a cloud of constant fear.
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Earlier in the day, Payal had also addressed the media and spoken about Anurag Kashyap's statement to the Police claiming that a person who is accused will not own up to his crime easily and that his denial is something she expected. Moreover, she also quashed the filmmaker's statement where he claimed that he wasn't in India at the time and revealed that Kashyap had been filming for Bombay Velvet in the city.
Anurag Kashyap denies allegations
Anurag Kashyap’s lawyer Priyanka Khimani in a statement revealed that the filmmaker had denied all ‘wrongdoings’ while providing his statement to the police. She stated that the director provided documentary proof to the police about being in Sri Lanka in connection with the shooting of one of his films in August 2013. He denied that the alleged incident took place, the statement read.
Payal Ghosh had tweeted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking action and security, claiming that Kashyap had forced himself upon her in 2013, in a tweet as she invoked the MeToo movement. She registered an FIR against Kashyap under Sections 376 (I) (rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty,), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement) on September 23 at the Versova Police Station. After calling Payal Ghosh for questioning, Mumbai Police summoned Kashyap for interrogation on October 1. Ghosh has also lodged complaints with the National Commission for Women and Narcotics Control Bureau, claiming Kashyap consumed drugs.
Updated 22:49 IST, October 2nd 2020