There Is Evidence Against Pearl V Puri Says DCP, After Ekta Kapoor Vouches For The Actor's Innocence In Rape Case

Pearl V Puri who was arrested by the Mumbai Police on Friday night on rape charges has support pouring in from his colleagues in the television industry. The actor has been accused of raping a 5-year-old two years ago. While producer Ekta Kapoor claims that she spoke with the victim’s mother who says Pearl is not involved in the case, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vasai while speaking to the press refuted such claims and said that there is evidence against the actor.

An F.I.R was filed by the victim’s father against Pearl and the actor after being present before the Vasai court was sent into judicial custody for 14 days. "No, the accusations are not false. His name has come up in the investigation. There is evidence against him. That is why police has arrested him. The truth will be decided in the trial,” the DCP said in a press conference. The video of which has been shared on Twitter.

“After various calls with the child‘s/girl’s mother, who openly said that Pearl was not involved and it’s her husband trying to create stories to keep her child and prove that a working mother on a set cannot take care of her kid. If this is true then it is wrong on so many levels! Using an extremely important movement like ‘Me Too’ frivolously, to get your own agendas met with and mentally torturing a child and making an innocent person guilty. I have no right to decide, the courts will decide who is right & wrong,” Ekta Kapoor had written in her post supporting the Naagin 3 actor on Instagram on Saturday.

A FIR was registered under IPC section 376 AB (rape of woman below 12 years of age) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act at Waliv police station in Vasai against the TV actor. In judicial custody for the time being, Pearl is likely to apply for bail on Monday in court.