Bengaluru, Oct 31: Actor Arjun Sarja on Tuesday moved the Karnataka High Court alleging that the criminal case booked against him by actor Sruthi Hariharan is “false” with “a clear intention of trickery and as a measure of shielding counter attack to escape from legal actions initiated against her” by him.
The FIR was registered against Sarja, based on complaint lodged by Sruthi Hariharan on October 27, imputing offences under sections 354, 354A, 506 and 509 of IPC. The petition may come up for hearing in a day or two after scrutiny.
Seeking the quashing of the sexual harassment complaint, Sarja claimed that that he’s an innocent man who strove hard to stand out as a gentleman.
According to him, Vaidyanathan, director of the movie, Vismaya, in whose presence the alleged incident took place, and others who have been cited as witnesses in her complaint, had ruled out any impolite and lewd behaviour on his part.
There is a vast difference between Sruthi’s initial Facebook post and the complaint she lodged with police. The complaint contained additional details that are nothing but an afterthought to counter attack him, he alleged.
Sarja said discreet enquiries by him had revealed that Sruthi had hatched a conspiracy to gain publicity for multiple gains. He pointed out that Sruthi’s Facebook post was uploaded from a foreign country (US) though she was here. Also, his email IDs and social media accounts were closed and illegally tagged.
Sarja also claimed that Sruthi had praised his role as a hero, both during the release of the film and at related events. Now, after a gap of three years, Sruthi has come up with a complaint of perceived sexual harassment against him, which resulted in his character assassination and him being trolled, he stated.
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