The Jublie Hills police have arrested prominent Telugu YouTuber, actor, and writer Prasad Behera following a sexual harassment complaint made by a co-actor.
According to the police, a 32-year-old female actor had complained against Prasad that he had been sexually harassing, misbehaving and verbally abusing her for the past several months.
Police told the publication that the victim filed a complaint alleging that Prasad had been sexually harassing her for the last few months. During a shoot, he reportedly behaved inappropriately with her and ‘touched her indecently’, according to the report.
In the complaint, the actress mentioned that Prasad had inappropriately touched her while shooting a web series. However, when she strongly objected to it, Prasad apologized several times.
About a year ago, the duo again had come together for acting in a web series. During the shooting of this web series, according to the complaint, Prasad again harassed and misbehaved with her. He passed abusive and derogatory comments against her in the shoot location and in private, which caused her a lot of distress.
Reports also state that a case has been registered against Prasad under 75(2) and 79,351(2) BNS sections. Prasad was arrested by the police on Wednesday, produced in court, and sent to a 14-day remand. The victim worked with Prasad in a web series for a YouTube channel.
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