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As more and more people are coming forward with cases of sexual harassment, perpetrators are being shamed in public.
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The founder of KWAN Entertainment, Anirban Blah was accused of sexual harassment by four women and asked to resign has now tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. The police rescued him from Vashi old bridge.
After the allegations, the company had issued a statement informing how Anirban was asked to resign from his position and how he will no longer be part of the company. He also managed Deepika Padukone’s Live Love Laugh foundation, he was fired from there as well.
A senior police inspector from Vashi Traffic police informed The Hindu, “We had information about an individual coming towards Vashi bridge to commit suicide. We couldn’t take chance and we laid a trap there in dark.” Anirban was apparently seen climbing the barricades when he was spotted. “He was crying. He seemed very frustrated and depressed. We took him to the police chowki, offered him water and asked his problem to which he said that he was frustrated with the #Metoo allegations on him. He was depressed due to the defamation he and his family faced. He along with nine other partners had founded KWAN and after four girls alleged him of harrasment in #Metoo campaign, he was asked to resign.”
However, he wasn’t charged with attempted suicide, which is a crime, because he claimed to have been taking a walk there. Senior police inspector Anil Deshmukh from Vashi police station informed “The traffic police handed him to us but we haven’t charged him as he has not done any (suicidal) act. He told us that he had come for a walk at the bridge. After his family reached, we handed him over to them.”
Also read:#MeToo: 4 women allege Bollywood’s top talent manager Anirban Blah of sexual harassment
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