Mumbai Police books producer of TMKOC producer Asit Modi for molestation

New Delhi, June 21

The Mumbai police have booked Asit Modi, the producer of the popular television series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, on charges of molesting an actress who used to act in the serial. 

The police have also booked executive producer Jatin Bajaj and his associate operational head Sohail Ramani. 

The FIR was registered based on the complaint of an actress, who alleged that she was molested and sexually harassed by the accused during the shooting of the serial at Goregaon Film City and in Singapore. 

The actress had recently levelled sexual harassment charges against the accused but Modi had refuted the allegations and had said that he would take legal action against her.

The persons in question have been booked under sections 354 (molestation) and 509 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code.