Pearl V Puri Minor Rape Case: Actor Will Be Taken To Thane Jail Tomorrow If He Tests Negative For Covid-19

Mumbai: TV actor Pearl V Puri, who was arrested on Friday afternoon by Waliv police station beneath POSCO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act, within the 2019 minor rape case, might be taken to Thane jail after his RT-PCR take a look at comes unfavorable. The actor was remanded to 14-day judicial custody on Saturday. Sanjay Patil DCP (Zone 2, Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar) advised TOI, “Anyone who is arrested has to undergo a COVID-19 test. Pearl V Puri will also undergo an RT-PCR test and if it is negative, he will be shifted to Thane jail tomorrow. Right now, he is at the Waliv Police station.” Also Read – Pearl V Puri Rape and Molestation Case: DCP Reacts To Ekta Kapoor’s Claims Says, ‘There is Evidence Against Him’ Commenting on Ekta Kapoor’s declare that the sufferer’s mom brazenly stated that Pearl is harmless, DCP Patil stated, “The victim narrated the incident which happened in 2019 on the sets of a TV show. During the investigation, she took the name of the character, the accused was playing in the show. The allegations are not false, there is evidence, so Pearl was arrested. We are investigating further and the truth will come out in the court trial.” Also Read – Pearl V Puri Rape And Molestion Case: Actor Sent To 14-Day Judicial Custody He additional added, “The father of the girl had filed the complaint initially in Versova Police Station and then it was transferred to Waliv Police Station. The mother was acting in a TV show and the victim used to accompany her mother on the set. We have arrested Pearl on the basis of a particular incident that the victim shared with us.” Also Read – Pearl V Puri Rape And Molestation Case: Actor Appears In Court, Finally Granted Bail

Earlier, he had stated, “The victim identified the accused recently, and after recording her statement, the accused has been arrested. After the identification of the accused, we have taken him into custody for further investigation.” As per Sanjaykumar Patil, DCP, Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) Commmissionerate, the alleged incident happened on the movie set of Vasai, the place Pearl was taking pictures in October 2019. The sufferer and her mom, who can be a TV actor, have been on the set of the movie. The minor’s mom discovered in regards to the incident after the kid complained of stomach ache. Her father, who had labored with Puri, filed a grievance on the Versova police station. The case was transferred to Waliv police and after the investigation, it was came upon that Puri had a task to play within the incident. He was then known as to Waliv police station on Friday and was arrested. According to the Valiv Police Station, which lodged the case, the sufferer’s household had complained that Puri had allegedly molested and raped the lady, round two years in the past. He has been booked beneath Sections 376 AB (Punishment for rape on lady beneath 12 years of age) of the Indian Penal Code, and Sections 4, 8, 12, 19, and 21 beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.