Payal Ghosh took to Twitter today to pen down a thank you note for the Mumbai police after officials summoned filmmaker Anurag Kashyap over the actress’ written complaint at the Versova Police station. Hoping for justice, she wrote, “Thank you @MumbaiPolice… @anuragkashyap72 has been called tomorrow at Versova police station for summoning and questioning. Let’s hope justice prevails….!!”Confirming the summon, ANI’s tweet read, “Mumbai police summons film director Anurag Kashyap asking him to appear at Versova Police station tomorrow at 11 am, in connection with the alleged sexual assault against actor Payal Ghosh.”
The actress had shared a tweet on social media where she alleged that Anurag had forced himself upon her in an incident that reportedly took place years ago. Amid her allegations on Anurag, Payal allegedly mentioned that the filmmaker took names of Mahie Gill, Richa Chadha, Huma Qureshi and more and told her that they were a call away. The actress recently met Union Minister Ramdas Athawale with her lawyer and held a press conference. In the same, the minister had reportedly mentioned that if no action is taken in the matter, protests may take place across the city. Not just this, Payal even met the Governor of Maharashtra B S Koshyari and submitted a request for y+ security citing a threat to her life as a reason.