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Khaleej Times
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
Watch: Tearful Tanushree Dutta says she is victim of harassment, shares troubling details
Actor Tanushree Dutta has come forward with new claims of harassment at her home, sharing an emotional video on Tuesday night where she stated that the harassment has been ongoing since the last 4-5 years. In the video, Dutta appeared visibly distressed and said she had contacted the police for assistance and intended to file a formal complaint. "Guys, I am being harassed in my own home," she says in the Instagram video. "I just called the cops and they have asked me to visit a police station and lodge a proper complaint. I will probably go tomorrow and do that, I am not keeping well." Watch the video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tanushree Dutta Miss India Universe (@iamtanushreeduttaofficial) She added: "I have been tortured so much in the last 4-5 years that it has taken a toll on my health. I am not able to do anything, my house is a mess. I cannot even hire maids because they planted maids in my house...I had such bad experiences with maids, coming in and stealing and doing all kinds of things." "I am being troubled in my own house, please someone help me," she says at the end of the video. Tanushree later shared another video in which some noises can be heard in the background. "I have also dealt with loud noises like this and other very loud banging noises above my roof and outside my door almost every day at odd hours since 2020," she wrote in the caption. "I got tired of complaining to the building management and gave up a few years ago. Now I just live with it and put headphones with Hindu mantras to distract my mind and keep my sanity. Today I was so unwell, as you guys know I have developed Chronic fatigue syndrome due to dealing with constant stress and anxiety for last 5 years, and this was going on all day and evening, way past acceptable and allowed hours." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tanushree Dutta Miss India Universe (@iamtanushreeduttaofficial) Tanushree accused actor Nana Patekar of sexual harassment in 2018. It played a key role in sparking the #MeToo movement in India. She also claimed that filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri had instructed her to "remove clothes and dance" during a scene with Irrfan Khan in the film Chocolate. Nana Patekar was later given a clean chit in the case, while Agnihotri publicly denied the allegations.
BBC News
16-07-2025
- BBC News
West Yorkshire Police officer 'tipped off' about sex offence inquiry
A woman has complained to police after an officer she made sexual offence allegations against was "tipped off" before she had given a formal woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, made allegations of rape, drink spiking, deliberately passing on a sexual infection, coercive and controlling behaviour and harassment in 2023. She told the BBC the officer she accused had been informed about her complaint within a few hours by another West Yorkshire Police force said it had received a complaint which was being investigated by the Professional Standards Directorate. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had carefully reviewed all of the material passed on by police but concluded there was not enough evidence to charge the suspect with any woman said she felt the investigation was flawed, adding: "I was told that because he'd been tipped off, they'd made the decision not to arrest him on Monday or seize any of his electronics because there was no element of surprise."It just didn't make any sense to me that they wouldn't take his electronics, but, ironically, throughout the process I was repeatedly asked to hand mine in or provide information off them."In an email seen by the BBC, West Yorkshire Police said the CPS needed to see accounts, notes or statements from the woman's support workers and correspondence also asks her to provide details of all previous sexual partners because "they will need to be spoken to" and asks her to consent to a full phone data download. 'A woman scorned' The woman has also criticised the language used during the investigation."I have been asked if I am a woman scorned, I have been asked what I'm normally like in bed," she said."I have pushed back about the appropriateness of how things have been dealt with and I've felt the whole way through like I've constantly had to defend myself."West Yorkshire Police said a file of available evidence had been submitted to the CPS, which reviewed it and advised no charges would be a statement, the CPS said: "We understand the importance of focusing investigations on the suspect, not the complainant, and not seeking material from complainants inappropriately.""Any material requested from the complainant was to help support her account of what had happened," a spokesperson added. The Victim Support charity has called for changes to the way allegations against officers are handled and said independence was "crucial" to Addison, its national sexual violence lead, said: "At the very least, a different police force should be investigating because it really makes that person feel they have been listened to and it's going to be investigated properly."The Survive charity, which supports victims of sexual violence, said officers must be mindful of the language used and investigations should not be focused on the complainant. "Very few survivors of sexual offences report to the police," said chief executive officer Mags Godderidge. "With those that do, it's not uncommon for them to say they found the experience retraumatising." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
