This Article is From Oct 06, 2015

Peepli Live Co-Director 'Forced Himself' on American Researcher, Court is Told

Peepli Live Co-Director 'Forced Himself' on American Researcher, Court is Told

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New Delhi: Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of Bollywood film Peepli Live who is facing trial for the alleged rape of an American woman researcher, had forced himself upon the woman, a mutual friend told a court in New Delhi on October 6.

Danish Hussain, who introduced the American woman to Mr Farooqui, told Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain that the woman sent him a mobile text message saying that she was sexually assaulted by the filmmaker.

Mr Hussain testified as a prosecution witness in the case.

Recording of statements of prosecution witnesses would continue on October 7.

The 35-year-old woman, pursuing PhD from Columbia University, was in India for research work. (Also Read: Woman Allegedly Raped by Peepli Live Co-Director Testifies in Court)

The court framed rape charges on September 2 against Mahmood Farooqui, who is in judicial custody since June 20. He was chargesheeted in July.

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