FIR registered against man for cooking up cowhide bag incident

MUMBAI: The Amboli police found that creative director Barun Kashyap — who had filed a complaint against cow vigilantes for harassment for carrying a cowhide bag

MUMBAI: The Amboli police found that creative director Barun Kashyap — who had filed a complaint against cow vigilantes for harassment for carrying a cowhide bag on August 19 — had lied to them and filed an FIR against him. Kashyap has confessed he lied, said a police officer from Amboli police on condition of anonymity.

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On Sunday, Kashyap did not respond to phone calls and SMSes from HT. However, a TV celebrity close to Kashyap took to Twitter and clarified that the director was shocked by the police action against him and he stands by his complaint.

A team led by ACP Arun Chavan, senior police inspector Bharat Gaikwad and assistant police inspector Daya Nayak are conducting a detailed probe and found that Kashyap had cooked up a story.

Kashyap has been booked under Sections 153A (promoting enmity between groups) and 182(B) (use of lawful power of a public servant to injure or annoy any person) of the Indian Penal Code.

In his complaint, Kashyap had said that he had taken a rickshaw to go to office from his Andheri residence. The driver had argued with him suspecting he was carrying a bag made of cow skin. He had stopped the rickshaw midway at a temple and called two more people to check his bag. They had threatened and left him, Kashyap had said in his complaint.