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Rani Mukerji's brother Raja gets bail in molestation case

Agencies | By, New Delhi
Oct 16, 2012 10:15 AM IST

Rani Mukerji's brother Raja, who was accused of molestation by TV actress Priya Mishra, has been granted bail. The police said that Raja tried to molest her in his car.

Rani Mukerji's brother Raja, who was accused of molestation by TV actress Priya Mishra, has been granted bail. He was arrested in Mumbai on Sunday after Mishra had filed a police complaint.

The police said that Raja tried to molest her in his car. "The woman had gone to show Raja Mukherjee a script. He tried to molest her in the car," IBN Live quoted ACP Narsingh Sherkhan as saying.

"According to the police, the complainant is an aspirant movie director, who wanted to cast Rani Mukerji in her movie and had approached Raja. The woman claims that she had gone to meet Raja to discuss Rani Mukherji's casting when he molested her," reported ndtv.com.

A case under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against him.

Raja Mukherjee is a producer. He's currently working on his first directorial project. He has a daughter with wife Jyoti.

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Raja (right) with Rani Mukerji and Yash Chopra)
Raja (right) with Rani Mukerji and Yash Chopra)

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Onir-Yuvraj Parashar


In 2011, actor Yuvraj Parashar claimed that director Onir invited him to his house and molested him. The filmmaker had said: "This is a lie and blackmail for cheap publicity."

Madhur Bhandarkar-Preeti Jain
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Dibaker Banerjee-Payal Rohatgi


In March 2011, actor Payal Rohatgi accused filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee of trying to take advantage of her physically. Payal said, “Dibakar commented that I had gained weight. He asked me to show him my stomach. I didn’t like it.” Dibakar said she made the comments to malign his image.



Irrfan Khan-Mamata Patel


Irrfan Khan was accused of deceitful intimacy by actor Mamata Patel who worked with him in Paan Singh Tomar. Mamata said that Irrfan exploited her during the outdoor shoot of the film and threatened her to stay mum about their relation and also promised her meaty roles in future projects.

Subhash Ghai-Rina Golan
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Ismail Darbar-Poonam Yadav
Music director Ismail Darbar was accused of being responsible for Sa Re Ga Ma contestant Poonam Yadav’s supposed pregnancy, abortion and a suicide attempt that followed. Poonam slammed the accusations saying, “Ismail sir has been my pillar of strength. Don’t drag his name into this.”

Rajkumar Santoshi-Mamta Kulkarni

Actor Mamta Kulkarni had accused filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi of asking her for sexual favours on the sets of China Gate and said that when she refused, he cut her role. Santoshi denied all rumours and post this incident Mamta lost out many roles in Bollywood, and her career was cut short.



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