Rape case Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap reaches police station

    Mumbai, Oct 1 (PTI) Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap arrived
at the Versova police station here on Thursday after he was
summoned by police in connection a rape case filed against him
by actress Payal Ghosh, an official said.
    Kashyap along with his two associates reached the
police station around 10 am, he said.
    The filmmaker was seen carrying some documents in his
hand while arriving at the police station.
    His lawyer also reached the police station after some
time, the official said.
    The police on Wednesday issued summons to Kashyap in
connection with the rape case against him.
    The Versova police registered an FIR against Kashyap
on September 22 after the actress along with her lawyer Nitin
Satpute approached the police, the official said.
    In her police complaint, the actress alleged that
Kashyap raped her in 2013.
    On Tuesday, Ghosh and Union Minister of State for
Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale met Maharashtra
Governor B S Koshyari to seek action against Kashyap.
    On Monday, Ghosh in a joint media press conference
with Athawale, president of the Republican Party of India
(RPI-A), demanded that Kashyap be arrested.
    Athawale on Monday met Mumbai's joint commissioner of
police (law and order) Vishwas Nangare Patil along with Ghosh,
seeking action against the filmmaker.
    The Union minister had also said his party will stage
a protest if the police do not arrest Kashyap in a week.
    The Versova police last week registered the FIR
against Kashyap under Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (I)
(rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to
outrage her modesty,), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342
(wrongful confinement). PTI ZA
GK GK

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)