Vete a
filmmake
Shakeel
Noo a i,
73,
k ow
fo
w iti g,
p oduci g
a d
di ecti g
films
i cludi g
Bade
Dil
Wala
(1999)
a d
Jo u
Ka
Ghulam
(2000),
has
bee
a ested
by
the
Malva i
Police
followi g
a
complai t
of
alleged
ape
a d
sexual
assault
filed
by
a
33-yea -old
act ess.Acco di g
to
Mid-day,
police
allege
that
Noo a i
sexually
assaulted
the
woma
afte
calli g
he
to
his
Malva i
eside ce
u de
the
p etext
of
discussi g
a
pote tial
film
p oject.
The
complai t
also
epo tedly
i cludes
allegatio s
that
the
act ess
was
sedated
a d
late
th eate ed
with
a
video.Police
sou ces
said
Noo a i
was
t aced
to
a
fa mhouse
i
Medha,
i
Maha asht a’s
Sata a
dist ict.
He
was
take
i to
custody
i
the
ea ly
hou s
of
August
8
a d
subseque tly
b ought
to
Mumbai.
Shakeel
Noo a i
booked
u de
BNS
sectio s
The
Malva i
Police
have
booked
Noo a i
u de
Sectio s
64(2)(M),
123,
351(2)
a d
88
of
the
Bha atiya
Nyaya
Sa hita
(BNS).
Act ess
allegedly
met
Shakeel
Noo a i
i
2016
Acco di g
to
the
epo t,
the
act ess
fi st
met
Noo a i
at
a
e te tai me t
awa d
eve t
i
Lokha dwala
i
2016.
She
alleged
that
the
filmmake
spoke
to
he
about
a
upcomi g
p oject
a d
asked
he
to
co tact
him
ega di g
pote tial
wo k.He
FIR
states
that
she
late
visited
his
eside ce
i
Malva i
to
discuss
a
sc ipt.
Act ess
alleges
epeated
sexual
assault
Acco di g
to
he
complai t,
Noo a i
allegedly
offe ed
he
a
d i k,
afte
which
she
lost
co scious ess.
She
claimed
that
whe
she
egai ed
co scious ess,
Noo a i
showed
he
a
video
o
his
pho e
a d
allegedly
th eate ed
to
elease
it
if
she
app oached
the
police
o
i fo med
he
family.The
act ess
fu the
alleged
that
the
filmmake
subseque tly
used
the
video
to
i timidate
he
a d
sexually
assaulted
he
o
multiple
occasio s.
She
also
alleged
that
he
epeatedly
made
he
take
co t aceptive
pills
followi g
the
alleged
assaults.The
woma
epo tedly
etu ed
to
Mumbai
i
2026
seeki g
fi a cial
assista ce
fo
medical
t eatme t.
Police
t ace
Noo a i
to
Sata a
fa mhouse
Du i g
the
i vestigatio ,
police
epo tedly
lea t
that
Noo a i
was
stayi g
at
a
fa mhouse
i
the
Medha
a ea
of
Sata a
dist ict.
A
local
police
team
t aced
him
to
the
locatio
a d
took
him
to
the
Medha
Police
Statio .Malva i
Police
officials
subseque tly
t avelled
to
Sata a
to
complete
the
fo mal
a est
p oceedi gs.
Police
said
Noo a i
u de we t
a
medical
exami atio
at
the
Ru al
Hospital
i
Medha
befo e
bei g
take
to
Mumbai.
Shakeel
Noo a i’s
lawye
de ies
allegatio s
Advocate
Vikas
Si gh
Goa ,
who
is
ep ese ti g
Noo a i,
de ied
the
allegatio s
a d
said
his
clie t
had
bee
w o gly
implicated.“The
allegatio s
made
by
the
act ess
a e
yet
to
be
established
befo e
a
cou t,
a d
the
i vestigatio
is
u de way.
Noo a i
is
p esumed
i oce t
u less
p ove
guilty,”
he
said.
Shakeel
Noo a i
ema ded
i
police
custody
Police
sought
custody
of
Noo a i
to
fu the
i vestigate
the
allegatio s,
ecove
a d
exami e
the
alleged
video
a d
dete mi e
whethe
the
alleged
offe ces
took
place
at
othe
locatio s.The
Bo ivli
holiday
cou t
ema ded
Noo a i
to
police
custody
u til
August
12.
