Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui arrested on charges of rape

June 22, 2015

Mumbai, Jun 22: Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui was arrested on Saturday by Delhi Police on charges of rape. Farooqui has been accused of raping a 35-year-old American national three months ago.

FarooquiThe police registered an FIR charging Farooqui with rape (section 376 IPC) at the New Friends' Colony police station in New Delhi on 19 June and Farooqui was arrested from his home on Saturday night.

"The accused Mahmood Farooqui has been arrested and was presented before Saket court. The court has sent him into judicial custody till 6 July," an official was quoted as saying.

Farooqui is married to director and screenwriter Anusha Rizvi, who directed the 2010 satirical comedy Peepli Live.

A big name in social and literary circles, Farooqui was the writer and co-director of the film produced by Aamir Khan.

A research scholar from Columbia University, the woman is a PhD student in Hindi studies and was in India for field work.

According to media the incident happened on 26 March this year. Farooqui had invited the woman to his Sukhdev Vihar home after which he allegedly sexually assaulted her.

The woman has also accused Farooqui of exchanging emails with her following the incident.

Farooqui denied sending any mails to the woman. The Delhi police have sent the communication produced by the complainant for forensic analysis.

Farooqui's wife Anusha has claimed in a statement that the complaint was "manipulated, false and belated."

"The complaint is manipulated and false. We don’t want to make any further comments on the matter because the case is under investigation. We will wait for the court’s decision where the actual truth of the matter will come out. In the meanwhile we are thankful for the show of support from friends, colleagues and well-wishers. We are determined to fight this till the reality is presented before the people. We are very sure of it," she said

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The actor attended an event which aimed to counter "Free Kashmir (narrative), anti-India slogans, false propaganda and clear the misconception."

Juhi said as artistes, it's unfair to be questioned about incidents "just for a reaction" when they should be given time to truly understand the situation.

"We are going to work, thinking how to execute our task, then some incident happens somewhere and suddenly the media asks, 'what do you think about this?' We haven't understood the matter, people haven't understood the matter but you need a reaction.

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"Everyone is quick to talk about dividing. Why don't we talk about uniting? Why does everyone say 'what is the government doing, why is it doing this?' but I say if you point one finger there then three fingers are at you.

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Bachchan ended his tweet saying, "All that have been in close proximity to me in the last 10 days are requested to please get themselves tested !"

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Mumbai, Jun 19: Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s memories will continue to be celebrated as Instagram has memorialised his account, adding “remembering” to his bio.

Rajput, 34, known for films like "Kai Po Che!", "MS Dhoni: The Untold Story", "Chhichhore", was found dead in his Bandra apartment on Sunday, sending shockwaves in the film industry and elsewhere.

Days after his untimely demise, Instagram added “remembering” to his account bio and memorialised it as a place to remember the actor’s life.

According to the photo-video sharing website, no one can log into a memorialised account. The posts the deceased person shared, including photos and videos, stay on their page and are visible to the users they were shared with.

Also, once the account is memorialised, no one will be able to make changes to any of the existing posts or information.

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