Actor Rani Mukherjee’s brother and film producer, Raja Mukherjee, was arrested here on Monday after an aspiring script-writer-cum-director filed a complaint against him for allegedly molesting her. A local court granted him bail on a personal bond of Rs. 10,000 later in the day.
The police said Mr. Mukherjee (43) was booked for kidnapping and outraging modesty under sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code.
According to the police, the victim had approached him seeking an appointment with his sister as she wanted to narrate a script to her.
While he was taking her to another location in his car on Sunday evening, he misbehaved with her and allegedly tried to kiss her when she was reading out the script to him.
When she resisted his advances, he told her that such compromises have to be made, the victim told the police and said she immediately got down from his car and went home.
Police said when the 40-year-old victim informed her parents, they advised her to file a complaint, after which she approached the Versova police on Sunday night.
