After rape accusations on Ayush Tewari, Bell Bottom casting director refutes

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The casting director of Bell Bottom, Vaibhav Vishant, on Monday, denied rumours linking Ayush Tewari to the upcoming film. As per media reports, a television actress has accused the latter of rape on the pretext of marriage. In an official statement, Vaibhav said that the accused was an intern with the organisation, but has nothing to do with the upcoming Akshay Kumar-starrer.

A part of the official statement read, “It is distressing to see the film and the names of others associated with the film being tarnished with false and unverified allegations. I am the casting director of Bell Bottom. The individual Ayush Tewari was a freelancer intern in my company and has nothing to do with the film or its casting. He has not worked on Bellbottom in any capacity.”

Vaibhav further urged the media to not link Bell Bottom to the entire case. “It is extremely upsetting to see that some publications in order to get a clickbait headline will go to any lengths to put out uncorroborated and unsubstantiated information. This individual Ayush Tewari has nothing to do with Bell Bottom. I hope the police will conduct a fair investigation and justice will be served. However, I will request media publications to correct the facts and stop linking Bellbottom to this case,” he said in an official statement.

According to a report in ABP Live, an FIR has been registered against Tewari at the Versova police station. The probe is currently on. Versova’s senior police inspector Raghvendra Thakur told news agency IANS, “An actress has accused her boyfriend of two years, of rape. It was under the pretext of marriage. We have registered FIR against the accused under Indian Penal Code Section 376.”