Mumbai : The Aarey police have arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly slapping and molesting actor and model Gauhar Khan for wearing a short dress while hosting a musical reality show, India’s Raw Star.
The arrested accused has been identified as Akil Malik. The accused was produced before a magistrate in Borivali court on Monday afternoon, who sent him to police custody till December 4.
“Akil Malik was produced in the court and the court has given us his custody. Further investigation is under way,” said Vilas Chavan, Senior Police Inspector of the Aarey police station.
Sources claim that the arrested accused slapped the host during a break for wearing skimpy clothes despite belonging to the Muslim community.
About 250 bouncers were guarding the audience of 2,500 people at the set of the reality show in Studio no. 9 in Film City, Goregaon. Malik still managed to get past the guards and touched Gauhar inappropriately before slapping the actor on stage. The guards were then deployed on stage to nab Malik and the host was escorted out of the spot.
The actor broke down after being slapped by the accused. However, she resumed to shoot the remaining slot of the show after taking a break for an hour.
The Aarey police has charged Malik under Sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
