Bhubaneswar, November 4: Odia filmmaker Sanjay Nayak, aka Tutu Nayak was arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a female journalist here.
In a complaint filed at the Kharvel Nagar police station, the woman alleged that the filmmaker slapped her and hurled abuses, at a programme on Friday.
Based on the complaint, a case was filed under IPC sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 294 (use of obscene words in public place) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty).
“The accused has been arrested after police found that a prima facie case is made against him. We have recorded the statement of the journalist. All legal procedures will be followed,” said Kharvel Nagar police station IIC Rajanikant Mishra.
After the arrest, Nayak was taken to a hospital for medical examination. A court decided to hear his bail petition on Monday, following which he was sent to judicial custody.
Meanwhile, taking suo-moto cognisance of the incident, Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) sought a detailed report from the police by November 20.
Nayak, the president of the Utkal Cine Chamber of Commerce (UCCC), is in the eye of a storm after the industry body “banned” actor Manoj Mishra for allegedly engineering a protest in Sambalpur against a film of another actor.
Earlier, two actresses alleged that Nayak sought sexual favors from them for giving them work.
