MUST READ! IMPPA helps suicide victim Raju Sapte's wife financially

MUMBAI: Art director Raju Sapte committed suicide a month ago. The news was quite shocking for many people. The Indian Motion Picture Producers Association took a step and donated Rs 5 lakh to Sonali Sapte, wife of the deceased. The art director association reached out to IMPPA seeking financial help for Sonali Sapte.

President of IMPPA T P Agarwal said, “We received a request from Association of Cine & Television Art Directors and Costume Designers informing us that their member Raju Sapte gave his life and committed suicide on account of unbearable harassment and mental torture. His perpetrators had been harassing many including producers for a number of years, so IMPPA decided to help his wife.”

Agarwal said the suicide was a shock to the entire entertainment industry and made them come together and take a stand against hooliganism. IMPPA has requested other associations and producers to come forward and help Sapte's wife. “IMPPA has taken the lead to support the widow of Sapte and all other associations and actors should come forward and help his widow, who has lost her husband due to heavy-handedness of the unions.” General secretary Anil Nagrath said.

On July 3, art director Raju Sapte committed suicide in his apartment which is located in Pune and in a video recorded moments before by him he said that he was forced to take this huge step due to harassment by Rakesh Maurya of the Film Studio Setting and Allied Mazdoor Union.

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