Renowned actor and filmmaker, Mahesh Manjrekar is in legal trouble after a man accused him of abusing on the road. A police complaint has been filed against the filmmaker at the Yawat Police station. The case has been booked under a non-cognizable offence on the charges of slapping and verbally abusing the man.
According to a tweet post by ANI, the man filed a police complaint against Manjrekar for allegedly slapping him and abusing after his car hit the filmmaker’s car. This incident took place on the Pune Solapur Highway near Yawat town on Friday. Reportedly, Manjrekar has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 323 (Voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (Intentional insult).
Manjrekar while talking about the incident informed Indian Express, “I was on my way to Chaufula for a shoot, where a crew of around 200 people were waiting for me. Somewhere near Yawat, this driver hit my car from behind. Two colleagues, who were in my car, have suffered whiplash due to the impact. I now know damages to my car are around Rs 4 lakh. We then found out that he and those accompanying him were clearly drunk. I was in a hurry for the shoot and decided not to file a complaint, because people were waiting for me. Now I feel I should I have gone to the police station.” One of the video from the incident is going viral on the internet, check out.
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