Tanushree Dutta and Nana Patekar row left everyone disappointed after the latter was given a clean chit from the police officials. The actress had claimed that Patekar tried to touch her inappropriately during a song sequence in 2008 for Horn Ok! Please. While she kept mum all this while, she decided to start a fight to correct the wrongs prevalent in our entertainment industry. She was praised for being the torchbearer of the #MeToo movement in India but her fight died a slow death. Tanushree Dutta - Nana Patekar Row: Police Officials Find No Witnesses to Support the Actress' Claims.

After Oshiwara cops decided to close Nana Patekar's sexual harassment case, Tanushree spoke to Bombay Times to vent our her anger. "At about 5 am, a got a call from a friend who told me about it. This is disgusting because Nana Patekar has been trying to get a clean chit for a while now. I have also mentioned this earlier in an interview that our witnesses have been getting threat calls, and they are being intimidated and pressured in every way so that they do not record their statements with the police. We have 10 witnesses, out of which only one-and-a-half statements have been recorded. The others have not even come forward, as they have got threat calls," she said. #MeToo in India: Tanushree Dutta's Sexual Harassment Case Against Nana Patekar Closed by Cops.

"Cops say that there is a lack of evidence. How will credible evidence be produced, if the accused is making sure that no evidence against him reaches the police? The witnesses that the police have recorded the statements (in his favour) from are his friends. From the unit present during the time of the shoot back then, no one was really my friend. Also, the witnesses did not say nothing happened, they said, they don’t remember anything,” she further added. Clearly, the actress is miffed with our system but is determined to continue her fight. "My only hope of judgment now is from God. I will continue this fight," she said.

 

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