Tutu Nayak arrested on charges of female journalist slapgate

Bhubaneswar: Kharavela Nagar police today arrested accused producer Sanjay Nayak alias Tutu in connection with the alleged stabbing of a woman journalist by an Oriya-based film producer.

It is noteworthy that yesterday the journalist had said that Nayak had hit him. Accordingly, based on his complaint, an FIR was registered under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 294 (using obscene words) and 354 (assault or use of force against a woman) at the Kharawela Nagar police station. A case was registered under. , With intent to outrage his modesty) I.P.C.

After his arrest, famous Odia film director Sudhakar Basant urged the police to give Tutu Nayak a chance to compromise in the case.

It is known that working journalist Debasmita Raut has alleged that Tutu Nayak slapped her when she was covering an event in a cinema hall under Kharawela Nagar police limits.