MunnaBhai MBBS actor Vishal Thakkar booked under charges of rape, assault

Actor Vishal Thakkar, who has done small roles in various Bollywood films and currently appears in the TV-show T_aarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma_ has been booked by the police for rape, assault and similar other charges in Kandivali, Mumbai.  According to this Hindustan Times report, Vishal Thakkar has been accused of raping a 26-year old TV-actress, with whom he was having an affair. The two had been dating for about 18 months and were in a live-in relationship, police sources have revealed. Thakkar went to the actresses friends house two days ago in hopes to reconcile with her where he reportedly stayed over that night and later assaulted and raped her according to the police. An FIR has been registered and a search for Thakkar is underway. “The victim in her complaint has alleged that over the past few months Thakkar has been assaulting her and also established forcible physical relationship with her. On Saturday, the victim got a complaint lodged against Thakkar,” said an officer from Charkop police station in this DNA report. Vishal Thakkar has done a few small roles in Bollywood films like MunnaBhai MBBS, Chandni Bar and Tango Charlie. The victim, an actress who has worked in several TV serials, has alleged that the accused raped her in his house, police said, without divulging further details. An FIR has been registered against the actor under IPC sections 376 (rape), 420 (cheating), 323, 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 506 (criminal intimidation), they said. With inputs from PTI.