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Shilpa Shinde: Sanjay Kohli tried to touch me inappropriately on the pretext of taking a photo
Shilpa Shinde holds a press conference after she accused the Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai's producer of sexually harassing her.
Shilpa Shinde filed a FIR against Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai producer, Sanjay Kohli, yesterday wherein she alleged that the latter sexually harassed her during her stint on the show.
The actor today held a press conference in the city with regards to the FIR filed by her. During the press meet she revealed that it all started out as a joke, however, she tried to stop when things went out of control. A leading daily quoted her saying, “In our industry everything is taken lightly. Guys say so many things and if you react to them, they go like - ‘we are kidding’. Things like – ‘You are looking, hot sexy’ - are common. Sanjay ji used to come on the set and while Benaifer would take care of all the paper work, he would be the one who would talk like this to us."
Sharing on of the instance she said, "Sanjay ji told me that for the promotion of show, we will have to go out.and that we will have a nice time. Also, in the make-up room, he came close to me and photo lete huye and apna haath rakha mujhe…I could feel that touch was not right." She further added that she had shared this with her then co-star Saumya Tandon who she did not take it seriously and instead said, " Humari industry mei koi rape nahi karta."
When asked why didn't she speak about this before, Shilpa said, "That time, the way they portrayed everything and played games, I could not understand and believe that this could happen. Other artists in the show were also not talking to me. I thought that they (the producers) will apologise and it will sort out in 2-3 days. I also told some people (about the sexual harassment charges), but they asked me what proof do I have.”
The actor in her FIR has alleged that Kohli used to threaten her that he will throw her out of the show if she refuses to get into a physical relationship with him.
The 39-year-old actor also claimed that her make-up man was witness to these incidents but unfortunately he was fired.
However, yesterday, Kohli's wife Binaifer came forward to defend her husband and refuted all the allegations. She told a leading daily, “These are obviously false allegations. All I can say is that the matter is subjudice. I have faith in the legal system. I don’t want to give her (Shilpa) unnecessary attention.”
The Production team even released a statement wherein they made it clear that they will see her in Court. "All we can say is that matter is subjudice, we have full faith in the judiciary. We will see her in court. We don't want to give her unnecessary importance for her obvious false allegations," read the statement.
Apart from this, the actor has also been sued by the production team for Rs 12.5 crore to make up for the losses they had to bear due to her absence on the show last year.
