Popular Bhojpuri film star Manoj Pandey is arrested yesterday night in connection with a rape and forgery case filed against him by one of an actress cum singer. He was arrested from Kalyan near Thane when shooting for a film.
The anonymous actress claims to be in a live in relationship with Manoj from last four years. In the pretext of marrying her, Manoj raped her several times.
‘I was forced her to undergo an abortion in 2015 and by that time I was three months pregnant. I then approached the Charkop Police and filed a rape and forgery against Manoj Pandey,’ the actress reportedly said a popular media house.
The undisclosed actress reportedly met Manoj on sets of a film in 2012. He lured her into a live-in relationship promising her a lead role opposite him in one of his upcoming films.
Manoj has several hit films to credit such as Lahariya Loot Aye Raja Ji, Saugandh Ganga Maiyya Ke, Lal Chunariya Wali and Ballia ke Dabangayi while the singer in context has many video albums to her credit.