The Versova Police on Monday arrested National Award winning filmmaker Subhash Kapoor who is accused of molestation by actress Geetika Tyagi. According to the police, a constable was posted outside the residence of the filmmaker, who was supposedly out of town, and Kapoor was to be arrested upon return.

But Kapoor got wind of this and directly came to the police station on Monday morning accompanied by his lawyer. He was immediately arrested and produced in the Andheri court.

"We asked for police custody, but the court sent him to a 14-day judicial custody," an officer from Versova police station told Mirror on the condition of anonymity.

The director's lawyer then applied for bail which the court granted him, for a surety of Rs.10,000. Confirming the same, ACP Milind Bharambe told Mirror, "Subhash Kapoor was arrested yesterday and the court has granted him bail." When asked why the cops didn't push for his custody, Bharambe said, "It was the court's decision."

The National Commission of Women had written to Commissioner of Police, Rakesh Maria, asking him to explain why 3 of the 4 charges (304, 304A, 304B, 501) against the director were dropped and only the bailable section, 304, was retained.

Mirror was the first to report (February 19) the controversy which started when Geetika who has acted in films such as Aatma and One By Two, posted a link to a video which featured Kapoor, his wife, Aurangzeb director Atul Sabharwal, and her in the midst of a confrontation, apparently about Kapoor having sexually abused Geetika. Kapoor purportedly says in the video that he is ashamed of what happened between the two, and is ready to face the consequences. His wife adds that their life is ruined because of the said event and her priority now is to safeguard her son. The video ends with Tyagi slapping Kapoor, as Kapoor's wife sits by the table.

In her first interview to this newspaper (February 21) after the video was posted, Geetika asserted, "It is gratifying to shame the perpetrator." And added that Kapoor had called her a 100 times pleading with her not to go to the cops.

Commenting on Kapoor's arrest, Geetika said on Monday, "I'm relieved that he's been finally arrested. But had I known about the arrest, my lawyer would have opposed his bail application. But I'm sure he will be convicted after the trial." 
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Subhash Kapoor, who allegedly molested aspiring actress Geetika Tyagi, was arrested and produced in the Andheri Magistrate Metropolitan Court on Monday morning and released on bail on the same day.

In April this year, Tyagi had filed a complaint against Kapoor at the Versova police station alleging he had tried to rape her two years ago. The filmmaker was booked under sections 354 (outraging a woman's modesty), 354 A (sexual harassment), 354 B (attempting to disrobe a woman) and 501 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code.

The actress had also uploaded a video that showed her slapping Kapoor. In the video, she is confronting the Jolly LLB director and accusing him of forcing himself on her and dragging her at a party held over a year ago. Geetika could not be reached for a comment, but Kapoor denied the news. “This is not true,” he said.

Meanwhile, ACP Samadhan Dhanedar of the Versova police station confirmed that Kapoor was arrested and let out on bail after paying a sum of Rs 10,000.

— inputs by Shiva Devnath