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Vijay Raaz returns to Mumbai, midway without completing shoot amid molestation charges

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: November 6, 2020 14:53 IST

Vijay Raaz was reportedly arrested by the Gondia police after a crew member filed a molestation case against him. ...

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Vijay Raaz was reportedly arrested by the Gondia police after a crew member filed a molestation case against him. Following this incident, an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been set up by Sherni director Amit Masurkar and producer Vikram Malhotra to probe the matter, as per a report by Mid-Day. Vijay Raaz was shooting for the Vidya Balan-led film, which is being filmed in Madhya Pradesh, when the alleged incident took place, police officials said. 

Now according to reports, the actor has now returned to Mumbai without completing the shoot for the film. For the unversed, The team of Sherni is shooting in Gondia, Madhya Pradesh. It is there where the alleged incident took place. As per reports, Vijay was arrested by the Gondia police on Tuesday morning. The actor was granted a bail the same evening. Later to which the actor did not even return to the sets of the film. Raaz was seen in films like Loot Case and Gulabo Sitabo this year and had won accolades for his performance as Ranveer Singh’s father in Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy in 2019.

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