Recently, a model and aspiring actress had filed a sexual exploitation case against film producer and T-Series Chairman Bhushan Kumar. She had alleged that Kumar raped her under the false promise of giving her work in films, and an FIR was filed in Mumbai’s DN Nagar Police Station. After this, Kumar’s team issued a statement saying that these allegations were false and a result of “failed attempt to extort money.” The statement also said that T-Series had filed an extortion complaint against the model-actress’ accomplice on July 1.

We now have it that Mumbai’s Amboli Police Station registered an FIR on July 16 against a local political leader under IPC Sections 386 (extortion), 500 (defamation), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 506(2) (threat to cause hurt) for trying to extort money from Bhushan Kumar.

A statement by T-Series said, “Mallikarjun Pujari, a local political leader of Thane district, teamed up with a female model (who also did a cameo in a film) to extort money from Bhushan Kumar. He approached Bhushan Kumar in June 2021 and demanded extortion money and threatened that if the money is not paid, then a girl will file a complaint against him for sexual harassment. Thereafter, T-Series approached the Mumbai Police and filed a complaint against Mallikarjun Pujari in Amboli Police Station on July 1. Around the same time, Pujari also asked Krishan Kumar of T-Series to meet him in a hotel on July 5. There, Pujari demanded a huge sum of money and threatened him that a girl will file a police case against Bhushan Kumar. Krishan Kumar did not agree to this extortion and told Pujari in no uncertain terms that T-Series and Bhushan Kumar will never bow down to such fraudulent extortion demands, he also manage to record his conversation with Pujari, in which he can be heard trying to extort money.”

The statement further said, “Mallikarjun Pujari kept calling Krishan Kumar but he didn’t give in to his demands for extortion. After realising that his nefarious designs are not yielding any results Pujari then conspired with this girl and filed a rape charge against Mr. Bhushan Kumar on July 15. Upon hearing this news, Krishan Kumar approached Amboli Police Station with the audio recording of Pujari and based on that, an FIR was filed.”

A source from Amboli Police Station told us, “We received a complaint from Krishan Kumar that Pujari has collaborated with a model to extort money from his (Krishan Kumar’s) nephew Bhushan Kumar. After receiving the complaint, we have registered a case against Mallikarjun on July 16 under Sections 386 (Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt), 500 (Punishment for defamation), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation), 506 (2) (threat to cause hurt).”