Mumbai

29 September 2018 22:02 IST

‘Putting together a team of lawyers to defend my interests’

Actor Tanushree Dutta on Saturday said she has not received any legal notice from Nana Patekar’s lawyer.

Ms. Dutta, who recently kicked up a storm after she alleged that Mr. Patekar harassed her on the sets of film Horn Ok Pleassss in 2008, said he is trying to intimidate her giving “empty threats”.

“Given the recent developments, I am putting together a team of lawyers and advocates to defend my interests. Also contrary to the claims made by Nana’s lawyer I have not received any legal notice... Instead of making empty threats to intimidate me into silence, send me a legal notice and then you will see what I will do with it,” Ms. Dutta said in a statement.

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The actor said that even though there were so many eyewitness accounts, she is being subjected to “criminal intimidation and harassment”.

“This is the story of countless millions in our country who are still waiting justice because they got dragged into a web of legal mumbo-jumbo and were silenced into submission. They make a mockery of not only our judiciary, but also our esteemed Constitution by trying to disrupt a persons freedom of speech by such threats.”

Ms. Dutta also appealed to the Bar Council of India to take strict action against Patekar’s lawyer. “This lawyer along with his client should both be questioned and taken to task. I have a humble request to the bar association of India to call out and take action against him and other such people who help perpetrators further harass their victims and witnesses in the name of law,” she said.

In a recent TV interview, Ms. Dutta had claimed that Mr. Patekar misbehaved with her on the sets of Horn Ok Pleasss 10 years ago.