Big development! Producer Ashish Bhavsar reacts to rape charges

MUMBAI: Digital producer Ashish Bhavsar has denied the rape charges against him by a model. He called the FIR a counterblast. He denied the accusations and stated that the model and her accomplices have filed the FIR only to save themselves after his previous FIR against them for alleged extortion and abduction. 

Ashish alleged that they used criminal force and threatened him with false rape charges after he had filed an FIR against them. His statement read, "I deny the false allegations of rape levelled against me. This accusation and FIR filed against me is totally false and has been done as a counterblast to my previous FIR for extortion abduction and common intention against the girl and her three accomplices. They honey-trapped me and used criminal force to threaten me with false rape allegations, #metoo attack on social media and went to the extent of abducting me in my own car and took a large sum of money and were demanding more. When I filed an FIR against them, this false FIR of rape has been filed as an afterthought with the only intention to save themselves. This is nothing but the misuse of IPC 376 as it has been seen in recent times. I have full faith in the legal system of our country and am sure that the truth and my innocence will win eventually."

An FIR was filed against him under sections 376 and 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code. The police said that the victim had accused the web series producer of raping her on the pretext of casting her in a film.

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