Popular Telugu film hero Akkineni Nagarjuna, the son of veteran actor and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, belongs to the rare breed of film stars who do not usually get into controversies. Most people in the Telugu film industry will vouch for Nagarjuna's discipline and decent behaviour.
Unfortunately, Nagarjuna was in the news last week for a wrong reason. A woman freelance journalist filed a sexual harassment case against him at the Jubilee Hills police station in Hyderabad under Section 506 (illegal confinement of a person) and Section 509 (outraging the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code.
The woman journalist apparently sought an exclusive interview with Nagarjuna, but he had turned her request down as he was busy with the shooting of a film at Annapurna Studios. There was an argument between the two over the journalists' review of on one of Nagarjuna's his films in the past. And finally, Nagarjuna allegedly abused her using foul words and got her necked out of the studio by the security staff.
The incident has created a sensation in the media circles as well as the film industry as the sexual harassment case is a very serious and non-bailable offence. And since the complainant is a journalist, the case has become all the more complicated. The police has booked a case against Nagarjuna and he might be arrested any time, if they find any evidence against him.
Unfortunately, Nagarjuna was in the news last week for a wrong reason. A woman freelance journalist filed a sexual harassment case against him at the Jubilee Hills police station in Hyderabad under Section 506 (illegal confinement of a person) and Section 509 (outraging the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code.
The woman journalist apparently sought an exclusive interview with Nagarjuna, but he had turned her request down as he was busy with the shooting of a film at Annapurna Studios. There was an argument between the two over the journalists' review of on one of Nagarjuna's his films in the past. And finally, Nagarjuna allegedly abused her using foul words and got her necked out of the studio by the security staff.
The incident has created a sensation in the media circles as well as the film industry as the sexual harassment case is a very serious and non-bailable offence. And since the complainant is a journalist, the case has become all the more complicated. The police has booked a case against Nagarjuna and he might be arrested any time, if they find any evidence against him.
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