In a significant setback for Tanushree Dutta, a Mumbai court has dismissed her plea challenging the relief granted to veteran actor Nana Patekar in the #MeToo case she filed against him. The actor said that the judgment has motivated her to fight with more zeal.

Taking to Instagram Stories, Tanushree wrote, “Hello everyone, I have very good news to share!! The court has cancelled the B-summary report filed by the Mumbai Police on the Horn Ok Please (2009) sexual harassment complaint against Nana Patekar and others.”

She further wrote, “The police had tried to close the case in 2019 by citing a false and malicious B-summary report without even talking to any of my witnesses. Meanwhile, my witnesses were getting threats by Nana’s goons and underworld liasons. Recently, one of our prime witnesses directly deposited her testimony against Patekar in court and corroborated my whole complaint and also the fact that she was pressured into silence by unknown men threatening her over phone. The court took cognizance of this witness testimony via a filed affidavit and came to the conclusion that the B summary report by the police cannot be accepted by court. So we have won this case and now the Mumbai Police will have to file a chargesheet on the matter.”

In a series of posts, Tanushree accused Nana Patekar of “trying to spread fake news on the judgment that is passed by the court”. On Friday, Metropolitan Magistrate NV Bansal closed the first case, stating that the police had filed the closure reports beyond the period of limitation.