Filmmaker Shakeel Noorani held for rape, blackmail of aspiring actress
After evading capture for forty days, producer-director Shakeel Noorani has been arrested. He is charged with multiple counts of rape and intimidation against an aspiring actress, with incidents reportedly occurring over a four-year period at his home. The police deployed technical resources to track him down to a farmhouse in Mahabaleshwar. Following his arrest, he was presented in court and…
Producer-director Shakeel Noorani, 73, was arrested on Saturday from his farmhouse in Mahabaleshwar after being on the run for 40 days in connection with alleged rape and blackmail. The aspiring actress, who accused Noorani of repeatedly raping her over the last four years, was reportedly threatened with having her videos released publicly if she reported the incidents to the police or informed her family.
Noorani is also accused of inducing a miscarriage and offering her contraceptive pills following the assaults. He was produced before a court in Malwani, and the court has remanded him in police custody till August 12. Noorani's lawyer stated that he has been falsely implicated and refused to comment further as the matter is currently under court proceedings.
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