Mumbai: Police on Monday registered an FIR against Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah producer Asit Kumarr Modi, operation head Sohail Ramani, and executive producer Jatin Bajaj for allegedly sexually harassing an actress on the sets.

Powai police registered the case based on the instruction received from the Women Commission in Delhi after the TV actress, who was cast in the show, complained of sexual harassment on the sets. DCP (Zone X) Datta Nalawade confirmed that the case has been registered under the Indian Penal Code sections 354 (A) (sexual harass ment), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), and 34 (common intention) against the three. TOI is in possession of the FIR in which the names of the three have been mentioned as accused.

Producer Modi’s team members in response to TOI’s request for comment said he will respond to the allegations levied against him later.

Meanwhile, Modi told various news outlets that the allegations are ‘baseless’. He has said that he will take legal action against the actress.

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An FIR was registered on Monday night against the producer of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Asit Kumarr Modi, executive producer Jatin Bajaj and operations head Sohil Ramani for sexual and mental harassment, based on a complaint made by Taarak... actress Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal.

She had made a complaint via email to the Joint Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Satyanarayan Chaudhary and DCP Maheshwar Reddy a month ago, citing mental and sexual harassment at the workplace. The makers of the show have refuted her allegations and called them baseless.

When we reached out to Senior Police Inspector Budhan Sawant of Powai police station, he said, “We have registered an FIR against Asit Kumarr Modi, Jatin Bajaj and Sohil Ramani of Neela Telefilms under sections 354 (A), 509 and 34 of IPC for mental and sexual harassment. The investigation is on, and we will take action after the investigation is over. ”

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Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal’s ‘faith in the justice system has been restored’, she quips, as an FIR was filed against Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah producer Asit Kumarr Modi on Tuesday, operation head Sohail Ramani and executive producer Jatin Bajaj on the basis of her sexual harassment complaint. She had recorded her complaint on May 24. Earlier, she said that he had made sexual remarks and that he’d allegedly invite her to have drinks with her.

Talking to us, she says, “Pehle yahi lag raha tha ki itna time kyun lag raha hai. Asit replied to my notice to my lawyer. Bahut blame game kiye hain.”

Bansiwal played the role of Roshan Singh Sodi in the comedy show and was replaced by Dilkhush Reporter some years ago. However, she came back. Bansiwal shares that even that was made into an allegation from Modi’s side. “They allege that Jennifer got to know Dilkhush was pregnant, so she took advantage of the opportunity and came back to the show. Okay, then why did you take me again? Also, Dilkhush was not pregnant then,” she says.

Mistry is ready to let everything go if “Modi apologizes” to her. “I don’t want this thing to become bigger. I hope he understands. I want this to end peacefully.”