In a 40-page document submitted by the victim, she had cited instances of harassment and assault over the past six years, including evidence.
The Narsingi police have booked choreographer Shaik Jani Basha, popularly known as Jani Master under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Wednesday, September 18. Jani has been accused of sexually assaulting a female choreographer who worked alongside him.
Speaking on the matter, Chairperson Nerella Sharada, on Wednesday said that the commission had to intervene in the matter amid delays observed in the police investigation. “The committee has issued orders to provide police protection for the victim and a high-level monitoring committee will also be constituted to investigate such cases in the film industry,” the official said.
In the FIR, the survivor stated that she finally resorted to a police complaint as she was unable to get work in the industry anymore. There have been several demands from women in the Telugu industry that the report prepared by a government committee on working conditions of women in the industry be released.
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