Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, the popular sitcom that has gained immense popularity among the viewers, has been garnering negative headlines for the past several weeks. The producer of the show Asit Kumar Modi was accused by Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal and Monika Bhadoria. Also, an FIR was lodged against Modi, the show’s operations chief Sohail Ramani and executive producer Jatin Bajaj for sexual harassment. Now he has reacted on this.
Asit Modi released the statement
Asit Kumar Modi issued a statement saying that the matter is being investigated. “We deny all the allegations and have given our statement to the police. We are not aware if an FIR has been registered. In any case, the matter is under investigation, hence no further comment.” is,” his statement read. It all started when Jennifer, who played the role of Mrs Roshan Sodhi in TMKOC, accused the makers of sexual harassment. A case has been registered against the three TMKOC manufacturers under sections 354 and 509 of the IPC.
Jennifer Mistry on FIR against Asit Modi
The actress told Pinkvilla that she is ‘relieved but not happy’. “I’m relieved at least an action has been taken now but I’m still not happy the way it is because it’s not something I wanted. I didn’t want it but God and the universe is letting it happen , which means it was see, I am still praying for the best for everyone in the world and that everything works out well.”
Earlier, Jennifer had also shared a video on Instagram in which she warned the makers not to consider her silence her weakness. She recited a couplet, “Chuppi ko meri kamzori mat samjhna, main chup thi kyunki saleeka hai mujh mein. Khuda gawah hai ki sach kya hai. Yaad rakh, uske ghar mein koi fark nahi tujhmein ya mujhme.” (Don’t take my silence for weakness, I was quite because I wanted to. God knows what is the truth, don’t forget we are equal in front of him.)
After her allegations, TMKOC producer Asit Modi denied Jennifer Mistry’s allegation of sexual harassment and said that it is baseless.