Actress Gehana Vasisht gets bail in pornography case

TV actress Gehana Vasisht alias Vandana Tiwari who was arrested  in an alleged pornography racket has been granted bail after a five long months. The Dindoshi additional session court judge LS Chavan granted Gehana bail on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 with one or two sureties in the Malvani police. While granting bail, the Dindoshi sessions court directed that Gehana cannot leave the country without the permission of the court. While at Byculla jail, Gehana was infected with Covid-19 and was kept in a jail quarantine centre. She also suffered a stroke and was admitted to JJ hospital by prison authorities, said her publicist Flynn Remedios. Earlier, her bail application had been rejected by the Dindoshi sessions court as the chargesheet was not filed. For the unversed, Gehana was arrested on 6th February by the Mumbai police Crime Branch in a pornography related matter. Eight others were also arrested along with her. In February, the property cell of the crime branch led by inspector Kedar Pawar and assistant inspector Laxmikant Salunkhe raided a bungalow in Madh Island in Malad and busted a live porn video film making racket and rescued a woman. The police arrested five persons namely Yasmin Rowa Khan and four others under various IPC sections of cheating, indulging in obscene act in public places and publicly exhibiting or circulating obscene books or literature and under the Information Technology Act.

During the investigation, police also froze a bank account of this production house which has a balance of Rs 36.50 lakh. The police said that this income could have been generated from the subscriptions of porn apps on which the accused used to upload videos. The police had seized a high-definition DVR video camera, six mobile phones, laptop, spotlight, camera stand, memory card containing several video clips and dialogue/script. During investigation, the police arrested model and actor Gehena Vashist who would upload these videos on various apps including one based in the UK. The gang used to lure aspiring candidates looking for a break in films, sign agreements and then force them to act in the porn movies. Gehana’s first appearance on screeen was a TV ad for the brand Monte Carlo. Later, she became an anchor with Sahara One channel. Apart from this, she has also featured in Hindi and Telugu films and commercials. The actress has also appeared in various dance numbers in movies like Operation Duryodhana, Preminchu Pilladu and others.