Actor booked on charges of raping TV actress

October 18, 2015 04:46 pm | Updated 04:46 pm IST - Mumbai

A Bollywood actor has been booked for allegedly raping a television actress, police said on Sunday.

A case has been registered against actor Vishal Thakkar under relevant sections of rape and other offences on Saturday, Charkop police station’s senior inspector Ramchandra Gaikwad said.

The victim, an actress who has worked in several TV serials, has alleged that the accused raped her in his house, police said, without divulging further details.

An FIR has been registered against the actor under IPC sections 376 (rape), 420 (cheating), 323, 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 506 (criminal intimidation), they said.

The actor has not yet been arrested.

Thakkar has done small roles in movies like Tango Charlie and Chandni Bar.

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