National Award winning choreographer Jani Master has been in the news for the past few months, after he was allegedly arrested for sexually harassing a 21-year-old female colleague over the years. The choreographer is in judicial custody and his National Award for the year 2022 has been suspended by the I&B Ministry. The film's board stated that until the case is solved, the choreographer will be suspended from work.
Now, in a turn of events, Jani's nephew
Shameer
has field a case against the woman who accused the choreographer of sexual assault. Shameer in his complaint, stated that the woman who is playing the victim in Jani's case, had sexually harassed him while they were shooting in Hyderabad and Mumbai. News reports also stated that Shameer had asked the police to file a POCSO against the woman, as he is a minor. The complaint has been registered and the investigation is underway.
Police officials during the judicial custody of Jani master have questioned and investigated the choreographer and the victim and have found significant details related to the sexual assault case. Earlier, the choreographer during the inquiry pleaded guilty, but later alleged that all the accusations made by the victim are baseless and she lied about being sexually assaulted as a minor. The choreographer during the inquiry, said that the victim mentally tortured him to get married to her, and threatened to damage his career in the film industry.
Jani also revealed that he had shared about the incident with '
Pushpa
' director Sukumar. Jani Master's wife, Ayesha, accused the victim of trapping wealthy men in the name of love, and said that she harassed Jani Master in the pretext of love.
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