Rape case filed against Bhushan Kumar, T-Series issues statement

Music and film studios T-Series has issued a statement after their managing director Bhushan Kumar, was booked by the Mumbai Police on Friday July 16.

For the unversed, an FIR was registered at DN Nagar Police Station in Mumbai where a 30-year-old victim accused Bhushan of raping her on the promise of providing a job to her in a T-Series project.

The woman who is a model and aspiring actor also accused that Bhushan Kumar sexually exploited her between 2017 and 2020.

After Bhushan Kumar was charged under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape), 420 (cheating), 506 (criminal intimidation), his music company T-Series issued a statement condemning the charges of rape against its managing director, Bollywood producer and music baron Bhushan Kumar.

The statement says that the complaint against Bhushan Kumar is false and the company is taking legal opinion about it to take appropriate legal action.

The full statement says:

"The complaint filed against Mr. Bhushan Kumar is completely false and malicious and the contents of the same are denied. It has been falsely alleged that the lady in question was sexually exploited between 2017 to 2020 on the pretext of giving her work. It is a matter of record that she has already worked for T-Series banner in Film and music videos.

Around March 2021 she approached Mr. Bhushan Kumar seeking help to fund one of the web-series which she wanted to produce, which was politely refused. Thereafter, In June 2021 after the lifting of lockdown in Maharashtra she started approaching T-Series banner in collusion with her accomplice demanding huge sum of money as extortion amount. Consequently, a complaint was filed by T-Series banner against the attempted extortion with police at Amboli police station on 1st July 2021.

We also have evidence in the form of audio recording for the extortion attempt and the same shall be provided to the investigating agency. The present complaint filed by her is nothing but a counter blast to the complaint filed against her and her accomplice for the offence of extortion.

We are in the process of consulting our lawyers in this regard and will take appropriate legal action."